[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1604 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1604

     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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 4, 1998

  Mr. D'Amato (for himself and 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 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; 111 Stat. 401), 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 
take effect as if included in the enactment of the Balanced Budget Act 
of 1997 (Public Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 251).
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