3.0.0 1595 2023-01-12T17:52:48Z 2023-01-12T17:52:48Z Senate S S 2007-06-12 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-06-12T22:04:47Z 2007-06-12 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2007-06-12 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7556-7557) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-06-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. N W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2007-06-12 True I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2007-12-06 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2007-12-10 False C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2008-06-23 False Health Access to health care Hospitals Housing and Community Development Medicare Rural health Social Welfare Health 00 2007-06-12 Introduced in Senate 2007-06-22T17:11:53Z Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to state Medicare rural hospital flexibility programs, in particular the criteria for designation of critical access hospitals.

Revises requirements for the counting of beds for purposes of determining whether a hospital may be designated as a critical access hospital. Allows a facility to provide a maximum of 20 (currently 25) acute care inpatient beds, as determined on an annual, average basis. Declares that only occupied beds shall be counted.

]]> Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2007 Display Title Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide flexibility in the manner in which beds are counted for purposes of determining whether a hospital may be designated as a critical access hospital under the Medicare program. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-06-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1595is/xml/BILLS-110s1595is.xml 2007-06-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.