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H.R. 5592 · 113th Congress

To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to include certain areas within the frontier and remote…

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To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to include certain areas within the frontier and remote area levels designations.

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Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in developing methodology for designating areas with limited access to goods and services generally only found in urban areas (e.g., advanced medical care) as frontier and remote (FAR) areas, to: (1) designate as a FAR area any area in Hawaii or Alaska that the state designates as rural for a…

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Sep 18, 2014

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in developing methodology for designating areas with limited access to goods and services generally only found in urban areas (e.g., advanced medical care) as frontier and remote (FAR) areas, to: (1) designate as a FAR area any area in Hawaii or Alaska that the state designates as rural for a federal program, and (2) include, in addition to otherwise defined levels of remoteness for FAR areas, a level for areas with unique characteristics that should qualify those areas to be designated as FAR areas.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to include certain areas within the frontier and remote area levels designations.

Latest action (Sep 19, 2014): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Sep 18, 2014

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No recorded floor vote found.