3.0.0 1961 2023-01-11T13:29:58Z 2023-01-11T13:29:58Z Senate S 2015-08-05 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-08-05T19:41:43Z Puerto Rico Hospital HITECH Amendments Act of 2015 114 1225 HR 2015-03-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2015 114 1418 HR 2015-03-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Improving the Treatment of the U.S. Territories Under Federal Health Programs Act of 2015 114 2635 HR 2015-06-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2015 114 1453 S 2015-05-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Puerto Rico Hospital HITECH Amendments Act of 2015 114 1602 S 2015-06-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Puerto Rico Recovery Act of 2016 114 2675 S 2016-03-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1465-1466) Related bill CRS 2015-08-05 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-08-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2015-08-05 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2015-08-05 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2015-08-05 True N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2015-09-10 False B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2015-10-22 False Health American Samoa Caribbean area Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Government information and archives Guam Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health technology, devices, supplies Hospital care Medicaid Medicare Northern Mariana Islands Poverty and welfare assistance Prescription drugs Puerto Rico U.S. territories and protectorates User charges and fees Virgin Islands Health 00 2015-08-05 Introduced in Senate 2016-07-06T19:08:00Z Improving the Treatment of the U.S. Territories Under Federal Health Programs Act of 2015

This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to: (1) terminate limitations on general Medicaid funding, as well as the specific federal medical assistance percentage, for U.S. territories; (2) extend to additional U.S. territories the authority to waive or modify certain Medicaid requirements; and (3) establish a formula for Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments to the territories.

Federal financial participation shall generally not be available to a territory for medical assistance for an individual whose family income exceeds 100% percent of the official poverty line for a family of that size.

The bill also amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the SSAct to: (1) revise the formula for the Medicare inpatient hospital services payment rate for hospitals in Puerto Rico to increase the applicable federal percentage from 75% to 100%, (2) apply Medicare HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act) payments to certain hospitals in Puerto Rico, (3) establish a formula element for calculating Medicare DSH payments under the inpatient prospective payment system for certain hospitals in Puerto Rico, (4) allow residents of Puerto Rico to enroll under Medicare hospital services, (5) increase the geographic adjustment practice expense index for Puerto Rico, and (6) alter how U.S territories are treated under Medicare Advantage and the Medicare prescription drug benefit.

]]> Improving the Treatment of the U.S. Territories Under Federal Health Programs Act of 2015 Display Title Improving the Treatment of the U.S. Territories Under Federal Health Programs Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to make improvements to the treatment of the United States territories under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Improving the Treatment of the U.S. Territories Under Federal Health Programs Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1961is/xml/BILLS-114s1961is.xml 2015-08-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.