3.0.0 5767 2023-01-11T13:33:24Z 2023-01-11T13:33:24Z House HR 2016-07-13 114 [Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 113 (Wednesday, July 13, 2016)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. MacARTHUR:H.R. 5767.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, of the United StatesConstitution.[Page H4927]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2016-07-26T13:58:29Z Referred to 2016-07-13T14:01:05Z Fairness for Our Hospitals Act of 2016 114 3178 S 2016-07-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Identical bill CRS 2016-07-26 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2016-07-13 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2016-07-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2016-07-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001193 Rep. MacArthur, Thomas [R-NJ-3] Thomas MacArthur R NJ 3 N C001083 Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large] John Carney D DE C. 0 2016-07-13 True P000096 Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] WILLIAM PASCRELL D NJ J. 9 2016-07-13 True Health Hospital care Medicare Health 00 2016-07-13 Introduced in House 2017-02-16T16:26:16Z Fairness for Our Hospitals Act of 2016

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow a hospital that meets specified criteria and is located in a state with no rural areas to be considered a Medicare-dependent hospital. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall establish and implement a process for reimbursing impacted hospitals for any underpayments resulting from this bill's implementation.

]]> Fairness for Our Hospitals Act of 2016 Display Title Fairness for Our Hospitals Act of 2016 Short Titles as Introduced Fairness for Our Hospitals Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit hospitals in all-urban States to be considered Medicare dependent hospitals, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr5767ih/xml/BILLS-114hr5767ih.xml 2016-07-26 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.