Essential Health Facilities Investment Act of 1997
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Feb 12, 1997)
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Essential Access Community Hospital Program
Title II: Capital Financing Assistance for Safety Net
Providers
Subtitle A: Amendments of Internal Revenue Code of 1986
Subtitle B: Capital Financing Assistance for Safety Net
Providers
Title III: Capital Allocation Plans
Essential Health Facilities Investment Act of 1997 - Title I: Essential Access Community Hospital Program - Amends part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) revise the Essential Access Community Hospital Program (EACH), extending EACH to all States and authorizing increased appropriations for EACH grants; and (2) establish a program of assistance (PA) for activities related to the formation of State and local community health networks.
(Sec. 103) Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report on EACH and PA effectiveness in increasing medically underserved population health care.
Title II: Capital Financing Assistance for Safety Net Providers - Subtitle A: Amendments of Internal Revenue Code of 1986 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to impose a tax on the hospital gross receipts of any person for the taxable year.
Subtitle B: Capital Financing Assistance for Safety Net Providers - Amends SSA to establish a program to provide capital financing assistance in the form of loan guarantees, interest rate subsidies, matching loans, and direct grants to eligible hospitals and facilities.
Creates in the Treasury the related Capital Financing Trust Fund.
(Sec. 212) Provides for adjustment of Medicare hospital payments to take into account any capital financing assistance received by the hospital.
(Sec. 213) Amends the IRC to grant tax-exempt status to State and local bonds guaranteed by the Fund.
Title III: Capital Allocation Plans - Amends SSA title XVIII to mandate that each State establish a plan for Federal approval of capital expenditures for certain non-rural health care services in the State in order to receive Medicare reimbursement for capital-related expenses.
What just happenedMar 7, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseFeb 12, 1997
- Mar 7, 1997CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Mar 3, 1997CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Feb 12, 1997IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Commerce
Energy and Commerce Committee - Feb 12, 1997IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Feb 12, 1997IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee - Feb 12, 1997IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E241-243)
- Feb 12, 1997IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Feb 12, 1997IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House