[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2908 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2908

     To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the 
 restriction on payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute 
    care imposed by section 4407 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 7, 1997

  Mr. Nussle introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 
Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the 
 restriction on payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute 
    care imposed by section 4407 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.

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

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF RESTRICTION ON MEDICARE PAYMENT FOR CERTAIN 
              HOSPITAL DISCHARGES TO POST-ACUTE CARE.

    (a) In General.--Section 1886(d)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)), as amended by section 4407 of the Balanced Budget 
Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33), is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (I)(ii), by striking ``not taking in 
        account the effect of subparagraph (J),'', and
            (2) by striking subparagraph (J).
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall be 
effective as if included in the enactment of the Balanced Budget Act of 
1997.
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