3.0.0 307 2019-11-15T21:55:05Z 2019-11-15T21:55:05Z Senate S S 2009-01-22 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-01-22T21:47:59Z Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009 111 668 HR 2009-01-23 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Identical bill CRS 2009-01-22 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S791-792) IntroReferral 2009-01-22 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S791) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-01-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2009-01-22 True B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2009-03-09 False R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2009-03-09 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2009-03-16 False J000291 Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE] Mike Johanns R NE 2009-03-16 False I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2009-03-23 False B001266 Sen. Burris, Roland [D-IL] Roland Burris D IL 2009-03-23 False C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2009-04-01 False M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2009-04-01 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2009-04-20 False F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2009-04-23 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2009-04-29 False B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2009-06-24 False C000705 Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] KENT CONRAD D ND 2009-07-20 False D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2009-07-27 False Health Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Medicare Rural conditions and development Veterans' medical care Health 00 2009-01-22 Introduced in Senate 2009-02-06T21:25:26Z Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009 - 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.

Exempts from the critical access hospital inpatient bed limitation beds provided to certain veterans.

]]> Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009 Display Title Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009 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 and to exempt from the critical access hospital inpatient bed limitation the number of beds provided for certain veterans. Introduced in Senate 2009-01-22T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s307is/xml/BILLS-111s307is.xml 2009-01-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S791-792) 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.