[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2018 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2018

 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

                            February 1, 2000

Mrs. Hutchison (for herself, Mr. Abraham, and Ms. Snowe) 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 2000''.

SEC. 2. REVISION OF PPS HOSPITAL PAYMENT UPDATE.

    Section 1886(b)(3)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395ww(b)(3)(B)(i)) (as amended by section 406 of H.R. 3426 of the 
106th Congress (the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget 
Refinement Act of 1999), as enacted by section 1000(a)(6) of division B 
of Public Law 106-113) is amended--
            (1) in subclause (XV), by adding ``and'' at the end;
            (2) by striking subclauses (XVI) and (XVII);
            (3) by redesignating subclause (XVIII) as subclause (XVI); 
        and
            (4) in subclause (XVI), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``fiscal year 2003'' and inserting ``fiscal year 2001''.
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