[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1063 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1063

   To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a 
special rule for long existing home health agencies with partial fiscal 
year 1994 cost reports in calculating the per beneficiary limits under 
             the interim payment system for such agencies.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 May 18 (legislative day, May 14), 1999

  Ms. Collins 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 provide for a 
special rule for long existing home health agencies with partial fiscal 
year 1994 cost reports in calculating the per beneficiary limits under 
             the interim payment system for such agencies.

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

SECTION 1. SPECIAL RULE FOR LONG EXISTING HOME HEALTH AGENCIES WITH 
              PARTIAL FISCAL YEAR 1994 COST REPORTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1861(v)(1)(L) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395x(v)(1)(L)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(x)(I) If requested by an applicable agency, the limitation under 
clause (v) shall be determined for such agency by substituting in 
subclause (I) of that clause `the reasonable costs (including 
nonroutine medical supplies) for the agency's cost report for the most 
recent partial cost reporting period ending in fiscal year 1994' for 
`the reasonable costs (including nonroutine medical supplies) for the 
agency's 12-month cost reporting period ending during fiscal year 
1994'.
    ``(II) In this clause, the term `applicable agency' means an agency 
that--
            ``(aa) was in existence prior to fiscal year 1980;
            ``(bb) had an active medicare provider number prior to such 
        date; and
            ``(cc) had less than a 12-month cost reporting period 
        ending in fiscal year 1994 because such agency changed the end 
        date of its cost reporting period during fiscal year 1994.
    ``(III) The limitation determined for an applicable agency pursuant 
to this clause shall be excluded from any calculation under this 
subparagraph of--
            ``(aa) a standardized regional average of costs; or
            ``(bb) a national median of limits.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of the Balanced Budget Act 
of 1997.
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