[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 270 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 270

     To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide a 
 transitional adjustment for certain sole community hospitals in order 
 to limit any decline in payment under the prospective payment system 
              for hospital outpatient department services.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 7, 2001

Mr. Bingaman (for himself, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Levin, Mr. Brownback, 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 provide a 
 transitional adjustment for certain sole community hospitals in order 
 to limit any decline in payment under the prospective payment system 
              for hospital outpatient department services.

    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 ``Rural Hospital and Health Network 
Preservation Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. TEMPORARY TREATMENT OF CERTAIN SOLE COMMUNITY HOSPITALS TO 
              LIMIT DECLINE IN PAYMENT UNDER THE OPD PPS.

    (a) Hold Harmless Provision.--Section 1833(t)(7)(D)(i) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(t)(7)(D)(i)) is amended by 
inserting ``(or not more than 400 beds if such hospital is a sole 
community hospital (as defined in section 1886(d)(5)(D)(iii)) and is 
classified as a rural referral center under section 1886(d)(5)(C))'' 
after ``100 beds''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the amendments made by section 202(a) of 
the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 
1999 (113 Stat. 1501A-342), as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(6) 
of Public Law 106-113.
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