3.0.0 816 2023-01-15T23:33:12Z 2023-01-15T23:33:12Z Senate S S 2003-04-08 108 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-04-08T19:53:52Z 2003-04-08 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2003-04-08 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4962-4963) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-04-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000705 Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] KENT CONRAD D ND N T000162 Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY] CRAIG THOMAS R WY 2003-04-08 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2003-04-08 True G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2003-04-08 True S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2003-04-08 True R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2003-04-08 True R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2003-04-08 True D000064 Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] THOMAS DASCHLE D SD ANDREW 2003-04-08 True D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2003-04-08 True D000407 Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] PETE DOMENICI R NM VICHI 2003-04-08 True L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2003-04-08 True B001126 Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] CONRAD BURNS R MT R. 2003-04-08 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2003-04-08 True J000072 Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] JAMES JEFFORDS I VT MERRILL 2003-04-08 True J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2003-04-08 True L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2003-04-08 True T000024 Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO] JIM TALENT R MO 2003-04-08 True D000596 Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] MARK DAYTON D MN 2003-04-08 True B000611 Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] CHRISTOPHER BOND R MO S. 2003-04-08 True E000286 Sen. Edwards, John [D-NC] JOHN EDWARDS D NC 2003-04-08 True C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2003-04-08 True P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford 2003-04-08 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2003-04-08 True S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2003-04-08 True C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2003-04-08 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2003-04-08 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2003-04-09 False I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2003-04-10 False I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2003-04-11 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2003-04-28 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2003-04-28 False H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE 2003-04-29 False E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2003-06-02 False C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2003-06-04 False W000154 Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] JOHN WARNER R VA WILLIAM 2003-10-22 False Health Access to health care Ambulances Ambulatory care Authorization Building construction Capital investments Case mix (Medical care) Clinics Community health services Department of Health and Human Services Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Emergency medicine Federal aid to health facilities Federally-guaranteed loans Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government lending Government trust funds Hospital care Hospital rates Hospitals Housing and Community Development Interest rates Labor and Employment Land transfers Maintenance and repair Medical fees Medical laboratories Medical tests Medicare Nurse practitioners Nurses Physicians Physicians' assistants Revolving funds Rural health Social Welfare Subsidies Transportation and Public Works Wages Health 00 2003-04-08 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to publish and use alternative guidelines for geographic reclassification of certain hospitals located in sparsely populated States.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to give the Secretary the authority to make and guarantee loans from the loan fund to any rural entity for projects for capital improvements.

Amends SSA title XVIII to provide for a five-year extension of the authorization for appropriations for certain Medicare rural grants.]]>

Health Care Access and Rural Equity Act of 2003 Display Title Health Care Access and Rural Equity Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect and preserve access of medicare beneficiaries to health care provided by hospitals in rural areas, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Health Care Access and Rural Equity Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-04-08T04:00:00Z 2003-04-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.