US Congress Senate Bill 1037 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 4 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-04-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Makes a series of changes to criteria, requirements, and payments for rural health clinics under Medicare. Among other things, the bill (1) allows rural health clinics that are not directed by physicians to enter into arrangements with physician assistants or nurse practitioners that generally comply with state laws (regarding scope of practice), rather than other specific requirements; (2) allows rural health clinics to serve as the distant site for purposes of telehealth services; and (3) beginning in 2020, increases the maximum payment rate per visit for rural health clinics.

Rural Health Clinic Modernization Act of 2019

Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith [R-MS]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]
Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-04	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB2788 (Same As) 2019-05-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1037/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1037/BILLS-116s1037is.pdf