[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4075 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4075

    To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the 
   Secretary of Health and Human Services to respond to requests of 
skilled nursing facilities for private accreditation under the Medicare 
     Program in the same manner as for other providers of services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 17, 1998

Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. Minge) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the 
   Secretary of Health and Human Services to respond to requests of 
skilled nursing facilities for private accreditation under the Medicare 
     Program in the same manner as for other providers of services.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Skilled Nursing Facility Flexibility 
Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. ACCREDITATION OF SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES UNDER THE MEDICARE 
              PROGRAM.

    Section 1865 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395bb) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking all that follows 
        ``exceeded'' and inserting ``, the Secretary shall treat such 
        entity as meeting those conditions or requirements with respect 
        to which the Secretary made such finding.'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ``(A) Except as 
        provided in subparagraph (B), not'' and inserting ``Not'';
            (3) in subsection (b)(3), by striking subparagraph (B); and
            (4) in subsection (c), by inserting ``or to a skilled 
        nursing facility'' after ``home health agency''.
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