[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1773 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1773

     To reauthorize the rural health care transition grant program 
  established under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987, to 
direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to give preference in 
making grants under such program to hospitals that establish consortia 
  with other providers in the communities in which the hospitals are 
located, and to revise the frequency of the Secretary's reports on the 
                          program to Congress.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 21, 1993

Mr. Emerson (for himself, Mr. Gunderson, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. 
Lancaster, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Slattery, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. 
Kyl) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
                         on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
     To reauthorize the rural health care transition grant program 
  established under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987, to 
direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to give preference in 
making grants under such program to hospitals that establish consortia 
  with other providers in the communities in which the hospitals are 
located, and to revise the frequency of the Secretary's reports on the 
                          program to Congress.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REVISIONS TO RURAL HEALTH CARE TRANSITION GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) Reauthorization Through Fiscal Year 1997.--Section 4005(e)(9) 
of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 is amended--
            (1) by striking ``1989 and'' and inserting ``1989,''; and
            (2) by striking ``1992'' and inserting ``1992 and 
        $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1993 through 1997''.
    (b) Preference in Awarding Grants for Hospitals Establishing 
Consortia of Community Providers.--Section 4005(e)(5) of such Act is 
amended in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by inserting after 
``the Administrator'' the following: ``shall give preference to a 
hospital whose proposed project is to establish a consortium with other 
providers of health care services in the community in which the 
hospital is located to integrate the delivery of such services to 
individuals in the community, and''.
    (c) Revision of Frequency of Secretary's Reports to Congress.--
Section 4005(e)(8)(B) of such Act is amended by striking ``6 months'' 
and inserting ``12 months''.

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