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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jan 21, 1993
Medicare Rural Hospital Amendments of 1993 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend and revise programs to assist rural hospitals under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance). Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 to reauthorize and extend the rural transition grant program. Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 to extend regional referral centers. Revises Medicare-dependent, small rural hospital provisions under Medicare. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide rural referral centers and Medicare-dependent, small rural hospitals which have been reclassified as urban the opportunity to decline such reclassification.
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Rep. Roberts, Pat [R-KS-1] · R–KS
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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