SENATE 243115th CongressRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act of 2017
- Last Action
- 1/30/2017
Actions
- 2017-01-30Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- 2017-01-30Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2017-01-30 (00)
Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act of 2017
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permanently extend the application by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of an instruction against the enforcement of certain physician supervision requirements with respect to outpatient therapeutic services in critical access hospitals and small rural hospitals.
Cosponsors (5)
- Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND)
- John Hoeven (R-ND)
- Jon Tester (D-MT)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Doug Jones (D-AL)
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health personnel
- Home and outpatient care
- Hospital care
- Medicare
- Rural conditions and development
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