[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2876 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2876

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 30, 2004

Mrs. Hutchison (for herself, Mr. Bayh, and Mr. Kennedy) 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 eliminate reductions 
 in payments to hospitals for the 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 2004''.

SEC. 2. REVISION OF THE INDIRECT MEDICAL EDUCATION (IME) ADJUSTMENT 
              PERCENTAGE.

    (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 502(a) of 
the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 
2003 (Public Law 108-173; 117 Stat. 2290), is amended--
            (1) in subclause (VII), by adding ``and'' after the 
        semicolon at the end;
            (2) in subclause (VIII)--
                    (A) by striking ``and before October 1, 2004,''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking the semicolon at the end and 
                inserting a period; and
            (3) by striking subclauses (IX), (X), (XI), and (XII).
    (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 502(b) of the Medicare 
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public 
Law 108-173; 117 Stat. 2290), is amended by striking ``, or the 
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 
2003'' and inserting ``, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, 
and Modernization Act of 2003, or the American Hospital Preservation 
Act of 2004''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to discharges occurring on or after April 1, 2004.
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