Health Professional Shortage Area Amendments of 1993
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Apr 21, 1993)
Health Professional Shortage Area Amendments of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to add a certain percentage of the population being 65 years old or older to the indicators of need which must be taken into consideration in designating health professional shortage areas (HPSAs). Prohibits, for frontier areas, considering the travel time between population centers or to contiguous area resources.
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to continue, for three months after withdrawal of the designation of an area as an HPSA, the additional payments mandated for services furnished in HPSAs.
What just happenedMay 12, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseApr 21, 1993
- May 12, 1993CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Apr 30, 1993CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Apr 21, 1993IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Ways and Means Committee - Apr 21, 1993IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Apr 21, 1993IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Apr 21, 1993IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House