Puerto Rico Medicare Reimbursement Equity Act of 2007

Summary

Official

Puerto Rico Medicare Reimbursement Equity Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the formula for the Medicare inpatient hospital services payment rate for Puerto Rico hospitals to: (1) reduce the applicable Puerto Rico percentage from 25% to zero; and (2) increase the applicable federal percentage from 75% to 100%.

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Bill Progress

Committee is reviewing, marking up, or holding hearings on the bill

Introduced(1/22/07)

Committee

Passed House

Passed Senate

President

Law

Sponsor

Mr. Fortuno

(R) PR

Cosponsors (12)

GUTIERREZ

(D) IL

DIAZ-BALART

(R) FL

Dent

(R) PA

SERRANO

(D) NY

ENGLISH

(R) PA

Velázquez

House (D) New York

KENNEDY

(D) RI

ROS-LEHTINEN

(R) FL

Nunes

(R) CA

BURTON

(R) IN

Topics

Health

Social Programs

State Policy

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Jan 30, 2007

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