3.0.0 1831 2023-01-11T13:35:27Z 2023-01-11T13:35:27Z House HR 2017-03-30 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 56 (Thursday, March 30, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. MacARTHUR:H.R. 1831.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the UnitedStates provides that:``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes,Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide forthe common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.. . .''[Page H2600]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2017-04-11T16:15:34Z Referred to 2017-03-30T13:06:25Z Fairness for Our Hospitals Act of 2017 115 986 S 2017-04-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Identical bill CRS 2017-04-11 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2017-03-30 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2017-03-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-03-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001193 Rep. MacArthur, Thomas [R-NJ-3] Thomas MacArthur R NJ 3 N P000096 Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] WILLIAM PASCRELL D NJ J. 9 2017-03-30 True B001303 Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large] Lisa Blunt Rochester D DE 0 2017-03-30 True Health Hospital care Medicare Health 00 2017-03-30 Introduced in House 2017-07-25T20:23:53Z Fairness for Our Hospitals Act of 2017

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 2017 Display Title Fairness for Our Hospitals Act of 2017 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 IH Short Titles as Introduced Fairness for Our Hospitals Act of 2017 Introduced in House 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr1831ih/xml/BILLS-115hr1831ih.xml 2017-04-11 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.