US Congress House Bill 3151 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)
Status: Introduced on July 9 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-07-09 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Rural Access to Nurse Anesthesia Services Act of 2009 - Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986, as amended by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989, to treat a critical access hospital as rural, notwithstanding the reclassification of its location county as an urban county ("Lugar county") under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, in order to permit pass-through payment for the reasonable costs of certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) services. Counts on-call and standby costs for such services as reasonable CRNA costs.

Rural Access to Nurse Anesthesia Services Act of 2009

Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Brad Ellsworth [D-IN]	Rep. Phil Hare [D-IL]
Rep. Tim Holden [D-PA]	Rep. Timothy Johnson [R-IL]	Rep. Steve Kagen [D-WI]	Rep. Dennis Moore [D-KS]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-07-09		Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

SB1585 (Related) 2009-08-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8871)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/3151/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr3151/BILLS-111hr3151ih.pdf