[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6154 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6154

 To amend part A of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify 
 that facilities designated as critical access hospitals may use beds 
           certified for such hospitals for assisted living.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 2006

   Mr. Paul introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend part A of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify 
 that facilities designated as critical access hospitals may use beds 
           certified for such hospitals for assisted living.

    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 ``Enhanced Options for Rural Health 
Care Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION REGARDING USE OF CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL BEDS 
              FOR ASSISTED LIVING.

    Section 1820(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320i-4(c)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Clarification regarding use of cah certified beds for 
        assisted living.--Nothing in this title shall be construed as 
        preventing a facility designated as a critical access hospital 
        from using any of its designated number of beds for purposes of 
        providing assisted living and from accepting private payments 
        for services furnished in connection with the use of such beds 
        for such purpose. However, such use shall not increase the 
        total number of beds that the facility may have and maintain 
        its designation as such a hospital.''.
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