3.0.0 4178 2023-01-11T13:38:21Z 2023-01-11T13:38:21Z House HR 2017-10-31 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 176 (Tuesday, October 31, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. ARRINGTON:H.R. 4178.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:United States Constitution Article I Section 8[Page H8294]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2017-10-31T16:01:25Z Rural Hospital Access Act of 2017 115 1955 HR 2017-04-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Rural Hospital Access Act of 2017 115 872 S 2017-04-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2017-11-01 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8304) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2017-10-31 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2017-10-31 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-10-31 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress A000375 Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19] Jodey Arrington R TX C. 19 N G000552 Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1] Louie Gohmert R TX 1 2017-10-31 True C001062 Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11] K. Conaway R TX Michael 11 2017-10-31 True T000238 Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13] WILLIAM THORNBERRY R TX M. 13 2017-11-15 False G000581 Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-15] Vicente Gonzalez D TX 15 2018-04-25 False Health Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Hospital care Medicare Rural conditions and development Health 00 2017-10-31 Introduced in House 2018-04-05T20:51:48Z Healthcare Enhancement for Americas Rural Towns Act or the HEART Act

This bill permanently extends and otherwise revises the Medicare-Dependent Hospital program (which provides increased payments to certain smaller, rural hospitals that serve a proportionally high number of Medicare patients). The bill also extends through FY 2019 the program for increased payments under Medicare for low-volume hospitals.

]]> HEART Act Display Title HEART Act Short Titles as Introduced HEART Act Short Titles as Introduced Healthcare Enhancement for Americas Rural Towns Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for reform to and a permanent extension of the Medicare-dependent hospital program, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr4178ih/xml/BILLS-115hr4178ih.xml 2017-11-01 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8304) 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.