House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2023
Sponsor: Rep. John Moolenaar R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 22, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5256.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOOLENAAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 138, August 22, 2023, Page H4197):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes; and Article I, Section 8, clause 18: To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation would permit rural hospitals to utilize their Medicare Part A funds to employ or contract with anesthesiologists, in addition to non-physician anesthesia professionals.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 22, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 557 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5256, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5256
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 20, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 20, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
21 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 21 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), John Curtis (R-UT), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Michael Guest (R-MS), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Barry Moore (R-AL), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Marie Perez (D-WA), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Austin Scott (R-GA), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), David Valadao (R-CA), Susan Wild (D-PA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 51 (118th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of January 22 through January 28, 2023, as "National School Choice Week".
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.