3.0.0 3435 2023-01-11T13:33:30Z 2023-01-11T13:33:30Z Senate S 2016-09-28 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-09-28T20:53:33Z Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2015 114 169 HR 2015-03-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2015 114 1342 HR 2015-03-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2015 114 2138 HR 2015-05-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2015 114 2759 HR 2015-06-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS CAH Act of 2016 114 5613 HR 2016-09-22 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Rural Access to Hospice Act of 2016 114 5799 HR 2016-07-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2015 114 578 S 2015-02-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1163-1164) Related bill CRS Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2015 114 1830 S 2015-07-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS A bill to provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2016. 114 3129 S 2016-07-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2016-09-28 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2016-09-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS N F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2016-09-28 True B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2016-09-28 True H001069 Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] Heidi Heitkamp D ND 2016-09-28 True C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2016-12-05 False Health Health 00 2016-09-28 Introduced in Senate 2017-05-22T16:10:40Z Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2016

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act and title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to:

  • establish, extend, reinstate, or modify various Medicare payment adjustments for rural hospitals;
  • establish a capital infrastructure revolving loan program for rural medical facilities;
  • allow authorized physician assistants to order hospice care under Medicare;
  • establish Medicare coverage for specified mental health counselor services and marriage and family therapist services;
  • create a grant program for state offices of rural health; and
  • modify other provisions related to rural medical facilities. 
]]> Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2016 Display Title Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill 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 Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3435is/xml/BILLS-114s3435is.xml 2016-09-28 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.