3.0.0 1323 2022-11-01T16:32:53Z 2022-11-01T16:32:53Z House HR 2019-02-22 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 33 (Friday, February 22, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. PETERSON:H.R. 1323.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United StatesConstitution[Page H2047]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2019-02-26T21:18:25Z Referred to 2019-02-22T14:01:25Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2019-02-22T17:18:35Z Referred to 2019-02-22T14:01:30Z Rural Hospital Frontier Workforce Fairness Act 116 5103 HR 2019-11-14 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Related bill CRS 2019-02-26 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2019-02-22 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2019-02-22 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 2019-02-22 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 2019-02-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-02-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000258 Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] COLLIN PETERSON D MN C. 7 N T000470 Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3] Scott Tipton R CO R. 3 2019-02-22 True C001053 Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4] Tom Cole R OK 4 2019-04-15 False Health Health care costs and insurance Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Hospital care Inflation and prices Prescription drugs Wages and earnings Health 00 2019-02-22 Introduced in House 2020-02-20T20:32:18Z Rural Hospital Frontier Fairness Act

This bill alters the Medicare prospective payment system for inpatient hospital services furnished at sole community hospitals (i.e., rural hospitals or hospitals that are the sole source of inpatient care in a certain geographic area). Specifically, the bill applies a minimum area wage adjustment to payments to sole community hospitals that are located up to 75 miles from the closest frontier (i.e., predominantly rural) state. Currently, the minimum area wage adjustment applies only to hospitals in frontier states.

The bill also allows such sole community hospitals to participate in the 340B drug pricing program (i.e., a program that allows entities to receive covered outpatient drugs at reduced prices from manufacturers).

]]> Rural Hospital Frontier Fairness Act Display Title Rural Hospital Frontier Fairness Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the floor on the area wage index under the inpatient prospective payment system to certain sole community hospitals and to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide eligibility for certain sole community hospitals to discounted drug prices under the 340B drug pricing program. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Rural Hospital Frontier Fairness Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr1323ih/xml/BILLS-116hr1323ih.xml 2019-02-26 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.