[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1609 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1609

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to revise the update 
  factor used in making payments to PPS hospitals under the medicare 
                                program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 21, 1999

Mrs. Hutchison (for herself, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Roberts, Mr. 
  Burns, and Mr. Hagel) 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 revise the update 
  factor used in making payments to PPS hospitals 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 ``American Hospital Preservation Act 
of 1999''.

SEC. 2. REVISION OF PPS HOSPITAL PAYMENT UPDATE.

    (a) In General.--Section 1886(b)(3)(B)(i) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(b)(3)(B)(i)) is amended--
            (1) in subclause (XV), by striking ``1.8 percentage 
        points'' and inserting ``1.3 percentage points''; and
            (2) in subclause (XVI), by striking ``1.1 percentage 
        points'' and inserting ``0.6 percentage point''.
    (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.
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