3.0.0 3768 2023-01-11T13:40:39Z 2023-01-11T13:40:39Z Senate S 2018-12-18 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-12-18T17:49:53Z Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2018 115 5507 HR 2018-04-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2018-12-18 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2018-12-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS N T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2018-12-18 True G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2018-12-18 True B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2018-12-18 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2018-12-18 True M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2018-12-18 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2018-12-18 True R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD 2018-12-18 True I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2018-12-18 True H001061 Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] John Hoeven R ND 2018-12-19 False Health Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Hospital care Medicare Rural conditions and development Health 00 2018-12-18 Introduced in Senate 2019-02-13T15:43:46Z Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2018

This bill repeals the 96-hour physician-certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services under Medicare. Under current law, as a condition for Medicare payment for such services, a physician must certify that a patient may reasonably be expected to be discharged or transferred to a hospital within 96 hours after admission to the critical access hospital.

]]> Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2018 Display Title Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove the 96-hour physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3768is/xml/BILLS-115s3768is.xml 2018-12-18 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.