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<item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="4263" measure-id="id117hr4263" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2021-06-30" update-date="2021-08-12">
<title>Patient Parity Protection Act of 2021</title>
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<action-date>2021-06-30</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Patient Parity Protection Act of </b><b>2021</b></p> <p>This bill allows certain off-campus departments of providers to be included in the Medicare prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services. Providers must attest that the department was previously considered on-campus or otherwise met applicable requirements, but is now off-campus due to the provider's forced relocation to meet patient needs. </p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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