S. 3435
Referred to CommitteeCraig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2016
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
9/28/2016 • Senate
Summary
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.
Introduced in Senate • 9/28/2016
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Originated in the Senate
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September 28, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Related Bills (9)
H.R. 169
Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2015
H.R. 1342
Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2015
H.R. 2138
Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2015
H.R. 2759
Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2015
H.R. 5613
CAH Act of 2016
H.R. 5799
Rural Access to Hospice Act of 2016
S. 578
Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2015
S. 1830
Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2015
S. 3129
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.