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- H.R.6143
H.R.6143: Supporting Health Care Providers During the COVID–19 Pandemic Act
About This Bill
- This bill was introduced in the 117th Congress
- This bill is primarily about health
- Introduced Dec. 7, 2021
- Latest Major Action Dec. 8, 2021
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Bill Version
- Introduced in House - Dec. 7, 2021
Bill Summary
Supporting Health Care Providers During the COVID-19 Pandemic Act This bill makes several budgetary and technical changes in relation to Medicare. Specifically, the bill continues to exempt Medicare from sequestration until March 31, 2022. (Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.) The bill also...
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
| Date | Description |
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| Dec. 8, 2021 |
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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| Dec. 7, 2021 |
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, 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.
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| Dec. 7, 2021 |
Introduced in the House by Kim Schrier (D-Wash.) |