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SB 519 Hospitals; if designated Medicare dependent then considered rural.
Introduced by: Phillip P. Puckett | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Designation as rural hospital. Establishes in state law that any medical care facility licensed as a hospital will be considered a rural hospital on and after September 30, 2004, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1395ww(d)(8)(E)(ii)(II), if (i) the hospital is located in an area defined as rural by federal statute or regulation; (ii) the Board of Health defines, in regulation, the area in which the hospital is located as a rural health area or the hospital as a rural hospital; or (iii) the hospital was designated, prior to October 1, 2004, as a Medicare-dependent small rural health hospital, as defined in 42 U.S.C. §1395ww(d)(5)(G)(iv).
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/06 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 062035792 pdf | impact statement
- 01/27/06 Senate: Committee substitute printed 062049792-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/06/06 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB519ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/05/06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0378) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/11/06 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 062035792
- 01/11/06 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/26/06 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/06 Senate: Committee substitute printed 062049792-S1
- 01/27/06 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/06 Senate: VOTE: (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/06 Senate: Read second time
- 01/30/06 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/30/06 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 062049792-S1
- 01/30/06 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB519S1
- 01/31/06 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/06 Senate: VOTE: (37-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/06 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/14/06 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/14/06 House: Read first time
- 02/14/06 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/21/06 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/06 House: Read second time
- 02/23/06 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/24/06 House: Read third time
- 02/24/06 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/06 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/06 House: Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
- 02/24/06 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/06 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/06 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB519ER)
- 03/07/06 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/06 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/06 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/03/06 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 378 (effective 7/1/06)
- 04/05/06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0378)