HR 6779 · 97th Congress · Health

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt small, rural hospitals from medicare section 223 limits.

Introduced 1982-07-15· Sponsored by Rep. Watkins, Wes [D-OK-3]· House

Bill Progress

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Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.(1982-07-21)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exempt any hospital which is located outside of a standard metropolitan statistical area and which has less than 100 acute care beds from certain reasonable cost limitations.…

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Cosponsors (13)

8 Democrats5 Republicans
Rep. Anthony, Beryl, Jr. [D-AR-4]AR
Rep. Roberts, Pat [R-KS-1]KS
Rep. Marlenee, Ron [R-MT-2]MT
Rep. Traxler, Bob [D-MI-8]MI
Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1]MT
Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]AK
Rep. Chisholm, Shirley [D-NY-12]NY
Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8]MN
Rep. English, Glenn [D-OK-6]OK
Rep. Simon, Paul [D-IL-24]IL
Rep. Clinger, William F., Jr. [R-PA-23]PA
Rep. Synar, Mike [D-OK-2]OK
Rep. Frenzel, Bill [R-MN-3]MN