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Save Our Rural Health Providers Act

USA116th CongressS-3823| Senate 
| Updated: 5/21/2020
Joe Manchin

Joe Manchin

Independent Senator

West Virginia

Cosponsors (3)
Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican)Kyrsten Sinema (Independent)Lisa Murkowski (Republican)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Save Our Rural Health Providers Act This bill requires a specific portion of the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund to be allocated to rural health care providers responding to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the bill requires that at least 20% of future appropriations and the unobligated balance of prior appropriations to the fund relating to COVID-19 provider assistance be reserved for rural health care providers, with priority given to providers serving a high number of Medicare or Medicaid enrollees, elderly or other high-risk individuals, uninsured individuals, or areas with limited health infrastructure.
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Timeline
May 21, 2020
Introduced in Senate
May 21, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 22, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-7004
Introduced in House
  • May 21, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 21, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


  • May 22, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-7004
    Introduced in House

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 116-7004: Save Our Rural Health Providers Act
AgingAppropriationsCardiovascular and respiratory healthDepartment of Health and Human ServicesEmergency medical services and trauma careExecutive agency funding and structureHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth facilities and institutionsHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careInfectious and parasitic diseasesMedicaidMedicareRural conditions and development

Save Our Rural Health Providers Act

USA116th CongressS-3823| Senate 
| Updated: 5/21/2020
Save Our Rural Health Providers Act This bill requires a specific portion of the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund to be allocated to rural health care providers responding to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the bill requires that at least 20% of future appropriations and the unobligated balance of prior appropriations to the fund relating to COVID-19 provider assistance be reserved for rural health care providers, with priority given to providers serving a high number of Medicare or Medicaid enrollees, elderly or other high-risk individuals, uninsured individuals, or areas with limited health infrastructure.
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Timeline
May 21, 2020
Introduced in Senate
May 21, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 22, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-7004
Introduced in House
  • May 21, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 21, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


  • May 22, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-7004
    Introduced in House
Joe Manchin

Joe Manchin

Independent Senator

West Virginia

Cosponsors (3)
Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican)Kyrsten Sinema (Independent)Lisa Murkowski (Republican)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 116-7004: Save Our Rural Health Providers Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
AgingAppropriationsCardiovascular and respiratory healthDepartment of Health and Human ServicesEmergency medical services and trauma careExecutive agency funding and structureHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth facilities and institutionsHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careInfectious and parasitic diseasesMedicaidMedicareRural conditions and development