[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4011 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4011

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 29, 2006

  Mr. Coleman introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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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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