[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2308 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2308

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to assure preservation of 
       safety net hospitals through maintenance of the Medicaid 
                disproportionate share hospital program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 28, 2000

 Mr. Moynihan (for himself, Mr. Graham, and Mrs. Feinstein) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                               on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to assure preservation of 
       safety net hospitals through maintenance of the Medicaid 
                disproportionate share hospital 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 ``Medicaid Safety Net Hospital Act of 
2000''.

SEC. 2. FREEZING MEDICAID DSH ALLOTMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 AT LEVELS 
              FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000.

    Section 1923(f) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-4(f)) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking ``2002'' and 
                inserting ``2001'';
                    (B) in the matter preceding the table, by striking 
                ``2002'' and inserting ``2001 (and the DSH allotment 
                for a State for fiscal year 2001 is the same as the DSH 
                allotment for the State for fiscal year 2000, as 
                determined under the following table)''; and
                    (C) by striking the columns in the table relating 
                to FY 01 and FY 02 (fiscal years 2001 and 2002); and
            (2) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking ``2003'' and 
                inserting ``2002''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``2003'' and 
                inserting ``2002''.
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