S. 607: Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-02-27 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-02-27 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015

Plain summary

Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 This bill amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to extend the period of the Medicare rural community hospital demonstration program from 5 to 10 years. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall allow certain rural community hospitals participating in the demonstration program as of December 30, 2014, to continue during the second five years of the 10-year extension period. HHS shall solicit applications to select up to the maximum number of additional rural community hospitals located in any state to participate in this demonstration program for the second five years of the ten-year extension period without exceeding the applicable limitation (30). In determining which applicant rural community hospitals to select for participation in the demonstration program, HHS: shall give priority to hospitals located in one of the 20 states with the lowest population densities; and may consider closures of hospitals located in rural areas in the state in which the hospital is located during the 5-year period immediately preceding the enactment of this Act, as well as the population density of the state.

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Official text

Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · 15 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 607, Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 (2015-07-20)

Cosponsors on this site

Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), John Thune (R-SD), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Bernard Sanders (I-VT)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] reported raising $527,998 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate amended)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s607.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>

Record fed-us-cong114-s607 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114