Ensuring Outpatient Quality for Rural States Act
- Bill Number
- S. 551
- Origin Chamber
- Senate
- Congress
- 119th Congress, Session 1
- Policy Area
- Health
- Status
- Introduced
- Latest Action
- 2025-02-12: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Last Updated
- 2025-12-05T06:59:39Z
Official Summary
Ensuring Outpatient Quality for Rural States Act
This bill allows Medicare payments for covered hospital outpatient services in Alaska or Hawaii to include certain cost-of-living adjustments.
Sponsor
Cosponsors (2)
Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI], Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Recent Actions
- 2025-02-12: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- 2025-02-12: Introduced in Senate
Bill Versions
- Ensuring Outpatient Quality for Rural States Act — issued 2025-02-12 — PDF (2 pages)