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<item congress="115" measure-type="s" measure-number="3693" measure-id="id115s3693" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2018-11-29" update-date="2019-09-04">
<title>A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the treatment of certain cancer hospitals.</title>
<summary summary-id="id115s3693v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2019-09-04">
<action-date>2018-11-29</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This bill exempts additional comprehensive cancer centers from the Medicare prospective payment system for inpatient hospital services. Additionally, such hospitals may not be denied certain exemptions applicable to hospitals-within-hospitals based solely on specified third-party control.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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