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<item congress="115" measure-type="s" measure-number="2278" measure-id="id115s2278" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2018-01-04" update-date="2019-06-18">
<title>State Offices of Rural Health Reauthorization Act of 2018</title>
<summary summary-id="id115s2278v49" currentChamber="BOTH" update-date="2019-06-18">
<action-date>2018-12-31</action-date>
<action-desc>Public Law</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>State Offices of Rural Health Reauthorization Act of 2018</b></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize through FY2022 and revise the grant program for state offices of rural health. Among other changes, the bill requires (rather than authorizes) the Department of Health and Human Services to make such grants and also alters matching fund requirements. </p>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id115s2278v01" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2018-11-09">
<action-date>2018-03-12</action-date>
<action-desc>Reported to Senate with amendment(s)</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>State Offices of Rural Health Reauthorization Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize through FY2022 and revise the grant program for state offices of rural health, including to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make the grants, thus removing HHS's discretion to make them.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id115s2278v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2018-04-10">
<action-date>2018-01-04</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>State Offices of Rural Health Reauthorization Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize through FY2022 and revise the grant program for state offices of rural health, including to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make the grants, thus removing HHS's discretion to make them.</p>]]></summary-text>
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