[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 839 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 839

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 7, 2001

 Mrs. Hutchison (for herself, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Burns, Mr. 
 Kerry, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Helms, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Schumer, 
and Mr. Biden) 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 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 the Medicare, 
Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 
(114 Stat. 2763A-491), as enacted into law by Public Law 106-554, 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 the comma at the end 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 
the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement Act of 2000 (114 
Stat. 2763A-493), as enacted into law by Public Law 106-554, 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 the Medicare, 
Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 
(114 Stat. 2763A-493), as enacted into law by Public Law 106-554, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``1999 or'' and inserting ``1999,''; and
            (2) by inserting ``, or of section 3 of the American 
        Hospital Preservation Act of 2001'' after ``2000''.
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