United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 6966 (110th)
Safeguarding Our Hospitals' Futures Act of 2008
Introduced
18 September 2008
Last action
18 September 2008 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sponsors
Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1], Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT], Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3], Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2], Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9], Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2], Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3], Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4], Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3], Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13], Rep. Hodes, Paul W. [D-NH-2], Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9], Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24], Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4], Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT], Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-3], Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Subjects
Healthcare, Budget
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Safeguarding Our Hospitals' Futures Act of 2008 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in the case of discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2008, to continue to apply budget neutrality on a national basis in the calculation of the urban hospital wage floor for discharges occurring during FY2008 under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (through a uniform, national adjustment to the area wage index).
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Timeline
18 September 2008
Introduced
Introduced in House
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18 September 2008
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
18 September 2008
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 18 September 2008 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Hodes, Paul W. [D-NH-2] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-3] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4] · R · Cosponsor
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Related records
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/6966
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6966
- us · 110-hr-6966 · source updated 5 December 2025