United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1638 (107th)
Medicare Geographic Reclassifications Equity Act of 2001
Introduced
26 April 2001
Last action
3 May 2001 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sponsors
Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA], Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5], Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11], Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9], Rep. Sweeney, John E. [R-NY-20], Rep. Hall, Tony P. [D-OH-3], Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6], Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12], Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4], Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3], Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4], Rep. Grucci, Felix J., Jr. [R-NY-1], Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3], Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2], Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11], Rep. Murtha, John P. [D-PA-12]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
19 August 2025
Summary
Medicare Geographic Reclassifications Equity Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make wage index adjustments to ensure that geographic reclassifications of hospitals from one urban area to another urban area produce no reduced wage indexes for the urban area in which the hospital was originally classified.
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Timeline
26 April 2001
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Source: IntroReferral
26 April 2001
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
26 April 2001
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
3 May 2001
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 26 April 2001 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Sweeney, John E. [R-NY-20] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Hall, Tony P. [D-OH-3] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Grucci, Felix J., Jr. [R-NY-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Murtha, John P. [D-PA-12] · D · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/1638
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1638
- us · 107-hr-1638 · source updated 19 August 2025