3.0.0 6466 2019-11-15T21:47:01Z 2019-11-15T21:47:02Z House H HR 2012-09-20 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KISSELL:H.R. 6466.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Commerce Clause: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3[Page H6233]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2012-09-20T14:05:20Z 2012-09-20 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2012-09-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2012-09-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000369 Rep. Kissell, Larry [D-NC-8] Larry Kissell D NC 8 N Health Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicare Minority and disadvantaged businesses Minority health Health 00 2012-09-20 Introduced in House 2012-10-26T21:08:01Z Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exempt from the cap on payments for hospice care any care furnished on or after November 1, 2004, under the Medicare program by a qualified hospice program.

Qualifies a hospice program under this Act if: (1) at least 50% of the shares of its common stock are owned by a minority individual or group of minority individuals (African-Americans, American Indians, Asian-Americans, or Latin-Americans), and (2) at least 75% of the individuals electing to participate in the program reside in a county or parish half of whose population consists of minority individuals or for which the average per capita income is the lowest quantile of counties in the state in which the hospice program is located.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to recalculate and reconcile payments under part A (Hospital Insurance) of the Medicare program for qualified hospice care furnished between November 1, 2004, and the date of enactment of this Act if the current cap was applied.

]]> To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt certain hospice programs from the limitation applicable to payments for hospice care under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. Display Title To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt certain hospice programs from the limitation applicable to payments for hospice care under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt certain hospice programs from the limitation applicable to payments for hospice care under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2012-09-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr6466ih/xml/BILLS-112hr6466ih.xml 2012-09-20 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. 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.