[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2037 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2037

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the option to 
      use rebased target amounts to all sole community hospitals.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 7, 2000

 Ms. Snowe (for herself and Mr. Helms) 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 extend the option to 
      use rebased target amounts to all sole community hospitals.

    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 ``Sole Community Hospital Fair Payment 
Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF OPTION TO USE REBASED TARGET AMOUNTS TO ALL SOLE 
              COMMUNITY HOSPITALS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1886(b)(3)(I)(i) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(b)(3)(I)(i)) (as added by section 405 of the 
Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999, 
as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(6) of Public Law 106-113) is 
amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding subclause (I)--
                    (A) by striking ``for its cost reporting period 
                beginning during 1999 is paid on the basis of the 
                target amount applicable to the hospital under 
                subparagraph (C) and that''; and
                    (B) by striking ``such target amount'' and 
                inserting ``the target amount otherwise applicable to 
                the hospital under subparagraph (C) (referred to in 
                this clause as the `subparagraph (C) target amount')''; 
                and
            (2) in subclause (I), by striking ``target amount otherwise 
        applicable'' and all that follows through ``target amount')'' 
        and inserting ``subparagraph (C) target amount''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply as if included in the enactment of the Medicare, Medicaid, and 
SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999, as enacted into law by 
section 1000(a)(6) of Public Law 106-113.
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