[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3103 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3103

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to assure preservation of 
       safety net hospitals through maintenance of the Medicaid 
                disproportionate share hospital program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 19, 1999

 Ms. DeGette (for herself, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Luther, 
 Mr. Frost, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Filner, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, and Mr. 
  Oberstar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to assure preservation of 
       safety net hospitals through maintenance of the Medicaid 
                disproportionate share hospital program.

    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 ``Medicaid Safety Net Hospital 
Preservation Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. PRESERVING SAFETY NET HOSPITALS THROUGH MEDICAID DSH PROGRAM.

    (a) Freezing Medicaid DSH Allotments for Fiscal Years 2001 and 2002 
at Levels for Fiscal Year 2000.--Section 1923(f)(2) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-4(f)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``fiscal year 2002'' and inserting ``fiscal 
        year 2000'';
            (2) by inserting ``(and the DSH allotment for a State for 
        fiscal year 2001 and for fiscal year 2002 is the same as the 
        DSH allotment for the State for fiscal year 2000 as determined 
        under the following table)''; and
            (3) by striking the columns in the table relating to FY 01 
        and FY 02 (fiscal years 2001 and 2002).
    (b) Correction of Fiscal Year 2000 DSH Allotments for the District 
of Columbia, Minnesota, New Mexico, and Wyoming.--Section 1923(f)(2) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-4(f)(2)) is amended, in the 
table contained in such section and in the DSH Allotments under the 
column for FY 00 (for fiscal year 2000)--
            (1) for the District of Columbia, by striking ``23'' and 
        inserting ``40'';
            (2) for Minnesota, by striking ``16'' and inserting ``33'';
            (3) for New Mexico, by striking ``5'' and inserting ``9''; 
        and
            (4) for Wyoming, by striking ``0'' and inserting ``0.1''.
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