SAFE Hospitals Act of 2023

3.0.0 407 2025-12-05T08:43:16Z 2025-12-05T08:43:16Z Senate S S 2023-02-14 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/407 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-02-14T20:08:49Z SAFE Hospitals Act of 2023 118 990 HR 2023-02-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2023-02-14 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2023-02-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL N Health Health care coverage and access 2023-05-04T15:45:17Z Hospital care 2023-05-04T15:45:17Z Medicaid 2023-05-04T15:45:17Z Health 2023-03-17T00:45:15Z

00 2023-02-14 Introduced in Senate 2023-03-27T20:58:36Z State Accountability, Flexibility, and Equity for Hospitals Act of 2023 or the SAFE Hospitals Act of 2023 This bill alters Medicaid requirements relating to payment for inpatient hospital services that are provided by disproportionate share hospitals (DSHs). (DSHs are hospitals that receive additional payment under Medicaid for treating a large share of low-income patients.) Among other changes, the bill requires state Medicaid programs to adopt a payment methodology that meets certain criteria, including by prioritizing payments based on the DSH tier for which the hospital qualifies; tiers are determined based on factors such as the hospital's Medicaid inpatient utilization rate. The bill also incorporates state poverty ratios (i.e., the number of qualifying low-income individuals in a state compared to all states) into the formula for determining state DSH allotments under Medicaid. The bill phases in application of the revised formula over the course of 10 to 15 years.

SAFE Hospitals Act of 2023 Display Title 45 SAFE Hospitals Act of 2023 2024-07-24T15:23:48Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 SAFE Hospitals Act of 2023 2024-05-24T13:42:31Z Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 State Accountability, Flexibility, and Equity for Hospitals Act of 2023 2024-05-24T13:42:31Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to establish a methodology for determining State allotments for Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments that is based on State poverty levels, to require States to prioritize disproportionate share hospital payments on the basis of Medicaid inpatient utilization and low-income utilization rates, and for other purposes. 2023-03-02T04:28:47Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s407is/xml/BILLS-118s407is.xml 2023-02-14 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.