[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6296 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6296

To amend the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization 
Act of 2003 to restore State authority to waive the application of the 
35-mile rule to permit the designation of a critical access hospital in 
                        Cass County, Minnesota.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2006

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization 
Act of 2003 to restore State authority to waive the application of the 
35-mile rule to permit the designation of a critical access hospital in 
                        Cass County, Minnesota.

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

SECTION 1. RESTORING STATE AUTHORITY TO WAIVE APPLICATION OF 35-MILE 
              RULE TO PERMIT DESIGNATION OF A CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL 
              IN CASS COUNTY, MINNESOTA.

    Section 405(h) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and 
Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-173; 117 Stat. 2269) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Exception.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall 
        not apply to the certification by the State of Minnesota on or 
        after January 1, 2006, under section 1820(c)(2)(B)(i)(II) of 
        the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i-4(c)(2)(B)(i)(II)) of 
        a hospital in Cass County, Minnesota, as a necessary provider 
        of health care services to residents in the area of the 
        hospital.''.
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