[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2176 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2176

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a 5-year 
  extension of the medicare-dependent, small, rural hospital payment 
                  provisions, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 June 9 (legislative day, June 7), 1994

 Mr. Grassley introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a 5-year 
  extension of the medicare-dependent, small, rural hospital payment 
                  provisions, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MEDICARE-DEPENDENT, SMALL, RURAL HOSPITAL PAYMENT EXTENSION.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Special treatment extended.--Section 1886(d)(5)(G) of 
        the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(G)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``October 1, 1994'' 
                and inserting ``October 1, 1999''; and
                    (B) in clause (ii)(II), by striking ``October 1, 
                1994'' and inserting ``October 1, 1999''.
            (2) Permitting hospitals to decline reclassification.--
        Section 13501(e)(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 
        1993 (42 U.S.C. 1395ww note) is amended by striking ``or fiscal 
        year 1994'' and inserting ``, fiscal year 1994, fiscal year 
        1995, fiscal year 1996, fiscal year 1997, fiscal year 1998, or 
        fiscal year 1999''.
            (3) Extension of target amount.--Section 1886(b)(3)(D) of 
        the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(b)(3)(D)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
                ``March 31, 1993'' and inserting ``September 30, 
                1999'';
                    (B) in clause (ii), by striking ``1994'' and 
                inserting ``1999''; and
                    (C) in clause (iii)--
                            (i) by striking ``1994'' and inserting 
                        ``1999''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``1993'' and inserting 
                        ``1998''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1993.

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