3.0.0 3288 2023-01-11T13:30:22Z 2023-01-11T13:30:22Z House HR 2015-07-29 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 121 (Wednesday, July 29, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. MARCHANT:H.R. 3288.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Art. I Sec. 8 cl. 1: ``The Congress shall have Power To layand collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay theDebts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfareof the United States [. . .]''16th Amendment: ``The Congress shall have power to lay andcollect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived,without apportionment among the several States, and withoutregard to any census or enumeration.''Art. I Sec. 8 cl. 18, ``To make all Laws which shall benecessary and proper for carrying into Execution theforegoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by thisConstitution in the Government of the United States, or inany Department or Officer thereof:''[Page H5770]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2015-08-12T18:49:34Z Referred to 2015-07-29T14:02:10Z 2015-08-12 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2015-07-29 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2015-07-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-07-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001158 Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24] Kenny Marchant R TX 24 N B001255 Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3] Charles Boustany R LA W. 3 2015-07-29 True Health Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Hospital care Income tax credits Medicare Health 00 2015-07-29 Introduced in House 2016-05-23T16:26:56Z Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to alter the method of determining disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments under the Medicare program. (DSH payments compensate hospitals for the higher operating costs they incur in treating a large share of low-income patients.) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must estimate the aggregate amount of payments to be made for each fiscal year; if the estimated amount exceeds $3.3 billion, then each DSH payment shall be made according to its ratio to that limit.

CMS must make supplementary DSH payments to certain hospitals located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansa, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, or Wyoming.

The bill also amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify provisions related to overpayments made to taxpayers for tax credits under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Under current law, if the advance payments to a taxpayer for premium tax credits under PPACA exceed the allowable credit, the tax imposed shall be increased by the amount of such excess, subject to certain income-based limitations. The bill eliminates these income-based limitations.

]]> Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 Display Title Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to change the method of determining disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 Introduced in House 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr3288ih/xml/BILLS-114hr3288ih.xml 2015-08-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.