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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 78 (Friday, May 10, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. CLEAVER:H.R. 2666.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8:The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes,Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide forthe common Defense and general Welfare of the United States;but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniformthroughout the United States.Article I, Section 9:No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but inConsequence of Appropriations made by Law.[Page H3728]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of </b><b>2019</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS) to&nbsp;provide Medicare&nbsp;payment on a reasonable-cost&nbsp;basis&nbsp;for&nbsp;anesthesia services furnished by an anesthesiologist in a rural hospital. Specifically, the CMS shall provide payment for such services in the same manner as payment is provided under current law for services furnished in a rural hospital by a certified registered nurse anesthetist.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2019</title>
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        <title>To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment under part A of the Medicare Program on a reasonable cost basis for anesthesia services furnished by an anesthesiologist in certain rural hospitals in the same manner as payments are provided for anesthesia services furnished by anesthesiologist assistants and certified registered nurse anesthetists in such hospitals, and for other purposes.</title>
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