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        <fullName>Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-27]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Provides for the reclassification of Chautauqua County, New York, for purposes of payment for inpatient hospital services under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. </p> <p>Deems the large urban area of Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York, to include Chautauqua County, effective for discharges occurring on or after September 30, 2007.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>To provide for reclassification of Chautauqua County, New York, for purposes of payment for inpatient hospital services under the Medicare Program.</title>
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