3.0.0 3444 2023-01-11T13:23:55Z 2023-01-11T13:23:55Z House H HR 2013-10-30 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. WALDEN:H.R. 3444.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.[Page H6956]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2013-10-30T14:09:15Z 2013-10-30 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2013-10-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-10-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000791 Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2] GREG WALDEN R OR 2 N K000188 Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] RON KIND D WI 3 2013-10-30 True H001051 Rep. Hanna, Richard L. [R-NY-22] Richard Hanna R NY L. 22 2013-12-12 False Health Health facilities and institutions Hospital care Medicare Health 00 2013-10-30 Introduced in House 2013-12-04T21:58:25Z Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to the Medicare rural hospital flexibility program and criteria for designation of critical access hospitals, specifically the requirement to provide not more than 25 acute care inpatient beds for inpatient care for up to 96 hours per patient as an annual average.

Permits a facility that was designated a critical access hospital before enactment of this Act, in the alternative, to satisfy such requirement by providing not more than 20 acute care inpatient beds.

Requires all beds to be occupied for the bed count to meet this critical access hospital criterion.

]]> Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2013 Display Title Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced 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 House IH Short Titles as Introduced Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2013 Introduced in House 2013-10-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr3444ih/xml/BILLS-113hr3444ih.xml 2013-10-30 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.