[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4585 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4585

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove the cap on 
    disproportionate share adjustment percentages for certain rural 
                               hospitals.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 16, 2005

  Mr. Boustany (for himself and Mr. Spratt) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove the cap on 
    disproportionate share adjustment percentages for certain rural 
                               hospitals.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REMOVAL OF THE CAP ON DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE ADJUSTMENT 
              PERCENTAGES FOR CERTAIN RURAL HOSPITALS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1886(d)(5)(F)(xiv) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(F)(xiv)) is amended--
            (1) in subclause (II), by striking ``classified as a rural 
        referral center under subparagraph (C)'' and inserting 
        ``described in subclause (III)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subclause:
    ``(III) A hospital described in this subclause is a hospital that 
is located in a rural area and has at least 100 beds or is classified 
as a rural referral center under subparagraph (C).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to discharges occurring on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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