[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3624 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3624

      To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to enhance 
disproportionate share hospital treatment for sole community hospitals 
                      under the Medicare program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 29, 2006

Mr. Burr (for himself and Mrs. Lincoln) 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 enhance 
disproportionate share hospital treatment for sole community hospitals 
                      under the Medicare program.

    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 ``Helping Sole Community Hospitals Act 
of 2006''.

SEC. 2. ENHANCED DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE HOSPITAL TREATMENT FOR SOLE 
              COMMUNITY HOSPITALS UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

    Section 1886(d)(5)(F)(xiv)(II) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(xiv)(II)), as amended by section 5003(d) of the 
Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-171), is amended by 
inserting ``or as a sole community hospital under subparagraph 
(D)(iii)'' before the period at the end.
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