[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4878 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4878

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase the percent 
 of hospital bad debt that is reimbursable under the Medicare Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 18, 2000

Mr. Greenwood (for himself, Ms. DeGette, Mr. English, and Mrs. Thurman) 
 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 increase the percent 
 of hospital bad debt that is reimbursable under the Medicare 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 ``Hospital Indigent Care Relief Act of 
2000''.

SEC. 2. INCREASING THE PERCENT OF HOSPITAL BAD DEBT THAT IS 
              REIMBURSABLE UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Subparagraph (T) of section 1861(v)(1) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(v)(1)), as added by section 4451 
of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, is repealed.
    (b) Effective Date.--The repeal made by subsection (a) applies to 
cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 2000.
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