Health Professional Shortage Area Amendments of 1992
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jun 10, 1992)
Health Professional Shortage Area Amendments of 1992 - 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 happenedJul 8, 1992
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Who’s behind it
- Jul 8, 1992CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Jun 16, 1992CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Jun 10, 1992IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Ways and Means Committee - Jun 10, 1992IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Jun 10, 1992IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jun 10, 1992IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House