US SB3665 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-3)
Status: Introduced on May 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-05-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on May 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-05-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Establishes an area wage adjustment floor for Medicare hospital payments in states that are not frontier states and excludes such adjustments from certain budget neutrality rules.
Title
Save Rural Hospitals Act of 2020
Sponsors
| Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN] | Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA] | Sen. Richard Shelby [R-AL] | Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN] |
| Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX] | Sen. Doug Jones [D-AL] | Sen. David Perdue [R-GA] | Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA] |
| Sen. Kelly Loeffler [R-GA] | Sen. John Boozman [R-AR] | Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith [R-MS] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-05-07 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
Same As/Similar To
SB4521 (Related) 2020-08-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Subjects
Health
Health care coverage and access
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development
Wages and earnings
Health care coverage and access
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development
Wages and earnings
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3665/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3665/BILLS-116s3665is.pdf |
