[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1556 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1556

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase the amount 
of payment for inpatient hospital services under the Medicare Program, 
and to freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs 
                         of medical education.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 24, 2001

 Mr. Foley (for himself and Mr. Neal of Massachusetts) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
 and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period 
    to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase the amount 
of payment for inpatient hospital services under the Medicare Program, 
and to freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs 
                         of medical education.

    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 2001''.

SEC. 2. RESTORING FULL MARKET BASKET UPDATE FOR INPATIENT PPS 
              HOSPITALS.

    Section 1886(b)(3)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395ww(b)(3)(B)(i)), as amended by section 301(a) of BIPA (114 Stat. 
2763A-491), is amended--
            (1) in subclause (XV), by adding ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subclause (XVI)--
                    (A) by inserting ``and each subsequent fiscal 
                year'' after ``for fiscal year 2001''; and
                    (B) by striking ``; and'' and inserting a period; 
                and
            (3) by striking subclauses (XVII), (XVIII), and (XIX).

SEC. 3. FREEZING INDIRECT MEDICAL EDUCATION (IME) ADJUSTMENT PERCENTAGE 
              AT 6.5 PERCENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 1886(d)(5)(B)(ii) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(B)(ii)), as amended by section 302(a) of 
BIPA (114 Stat. 2763A-493), is amended--
            (1) in subclause (V), by adding ``and'' at the end; and
            (2) by striking subclauses (VI) and (VII) and inserting the 
        following:
                                    ``(VI) on or after October 1, 2001, 
                                `c' is equal to 1.6.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment Relating to Determination of Standardized 
Amount.--Section 1886(d)(2)(C)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395ww(d)(2)(C)(i)), as amended by section 302(c) of BIPA (114 Stat. 
2763A-493), is amended--
            (1) by striking ``1999 or'' and inserting ``1999,''; and
            (2) by inserting ``, or the American Hospital Preservation 
        Act of 2001'' after ``2000''.

SEC. 4. REFERENCES TO BIPA.

    In this Act, the term ``BIPA'' means the Medicare, Medicaid, and 
SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (Appendix F, 114 
Stat. 2763A-463), as enacted into law by section 1(a)(6) of Public Law 
106-554.
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