3.0.0 2860 2023-01-12T17:52:56Z 2023-01-12T17:52:56Z House H HR 2007-06-26 110 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2007-07-06T19:30:35Z Referred to 2007-06-26T13:01:35Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2007-06-26T14:51:52Z Referred to 2007-06-26T13:01:30Z 2007-07-06 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2007-06-26 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2007-06-26 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2007-06-26 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2007-06-26 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2007-06-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-06-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000422 Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large] EARL POMEROY D ND N W000791 Rep. 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Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6] BART GORDON D TN 6 2007-07-19 False K000365 Rep. Kagen, Steve [D-WI-8] Steve Kagen D WI 8 2007-07-26 False R000575 Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3] Mike Rogers R AL 3 2007-07-26 False H001042 Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2 2007-07-26 False W000437 Rep. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS-1] Roger Wicker R MS F. 1 2007-09-06 False K000362 Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-5] Steve King R IA 5 2007-09-07 False L000560 Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] RICK LARSEN D WA 2 2007-09-14 False R000395 Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5] HAROLD ROGERS R KY 5 2007-09-20 False U000031 Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6] FRED UPTON R MI 6 2007-09-20 False J000287 Rep. Jindal, Bobby [R-LA-1] Bobby Jindal R LA 1 2007-10-18 False P000258 Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] COLLIN PETERSON D MN C. 7 2008-04-10 False M001146 Rep. Marshall, Jim [D-GA-8] Jim Marshall D GA 8 2008-04-24 False D000327 Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6] NORMAN DICKS D WA 6 2008-09-18 False B001229 Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3] BRIAN BAIRD D WA 3 2008-12-10 False Health Access to health care Ambulances Ambulatory care Case mix (Medical care) Data banks Drugs Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Emergency medicine Families Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to health facilities Government Operations and Politics Health information systems Health maintenance organizations Home care services Hospital rates Hospitals Housing and Community Development Indexing (Economic policy) Marriage counseling Medicaid Medical fees Medical laboratories Medical records Medical tests Medicare Mental health services Physicians Prescription pricing Quality of care Rural health Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Telemedicine Transportation and Public Works Wages Health 00 2007-06-26 Introduced in House 2007-07-25T20:47:23Z Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to extend: (1) certain Medicare hospital wage index reclassifications and the disregarding of certain hospital reclassifications for purposes of group reclassifications; (2) Medicare reasonable costs payments for certain clinical diagnostic laboratory tests furnished to hospital patients in certain rural areas; and (3) the temporary Medicare payment increase for home health services furnished in a rural area.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award competitive grants to eligible entities in rural areas for qualified health information technology systems; (2) direct the Secretary to establish a Rural Health Quality Advisory Commission; (3) provide for Delta Region rural disparities and health systems development, as well as small rural health care provider quality improvement grants; and (4) provide for expanded application of the 340B program of limited drug prices to drugs provided in rural hospitals, including hospital provision to states of Medicaid credits on certain inpatient drugs.

Directs the Secretary to encourage and facilitate the adoption of telehealth provisions allowing for multistate practitioner access across state lines.

]]> Health Care Access and Rural Equity (H-CARE) Act of 2007 Display Title Health Care Access and Rural Equity (H-CARE) Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect and preserve access of Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers under the Medicare Program, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Health Care Access and Rural Equity (H-CARE) Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-06-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr2860ih/xml/BILLS-110hr2860ih.xml 2007-07-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.