[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2447 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2447

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to freeze the reduction 
   in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 2, 2002

   Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Helms, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Specter, Ms. 
  Landrieu, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Kerry, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Cleland, Mr. 
Edwards, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Dayton, and Ms. 
   Cantwell) 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 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 ``Teaching Hospital Preservation Act 
of 2002''.

SEC. 2. 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)) is amended--
            (1) in subclause (V), by adding ``and'' at the end; and
            (2) by striking subclauses (VI) and (VII) and inserting the 
        following new subclause:
                    ``(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)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``1999 or'' and inserting ``1999,''; and
            (2) by inserting ``, or of section 2 of the Teaching 
        Hospital Preservation Act of 2002'' after ``2000''.
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