S. 335
119th Congress
Rural Hospital Support Act
16
Cosponsors
2
Actions
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Since introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
30 janvier 2025·1 year ago
Summary
Introduced in Senate · Updated 10 mars 2025
Rural Hospital Support Act
This bill modifies and extends certain payment adjustments for rural hospitals under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system.
Specifically, the bill indexes payment adjustments for sole community hospitals and Medicare-dependent hospitals to FY2016 operating costs, if it results in higher payments for such hospitals. The bill also makes payment adjustments for Medicare-dependent hospitals and low-volume hospitals permanent (the adjustments currently expire on March 31, 2025).
Timeline
2 actions
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
30 janvier 2025 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
30 janvier 2025 · IntroReferral
Sponsorship
16 cosponsors
Sponsor
Republican:Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]IACosponsors
- Democrat850%
- Republican850%
- Republican:Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC]NC
- Democrat:Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]VA
- Republican:Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]LA
- Republican:Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]KS
- Democrat:Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]MI
- Democrat:Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]NH
- Democrat:Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA]PA
- Republican:Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]KS
- Republican:Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]WV
- Democrat:Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]MN
- Republican:Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]MS
- Democrat:Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]AZ
- Democrat:Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]VA
- Republican:Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]AR
- Republican:Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS]MS
- Democrat:Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]VT
Classification
Policy area
HealthLegislative subjects
Cosponsor momentum
Cumulative over time
Cosponsors grew from 11 on 30 janvier 2025 to 16 on 16 juillet 2025.
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