[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 862 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 862

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase inpatient 
 hospital payments under the Medicare Program to Puerto Rico hospitals.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 20, 2005

 Mr. Santorum (for himself and Ms. Landrieu) 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 increase inpatient 
 hospital payments under the Medicare Program to Puerto Rico hospitals.

    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 ``Puerto Rico Medicare Reimbursement 
Equity Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF MEDICARE INPATIENT HOSPITAL PAYMENT RATE FOR 
              PUERTO RICO HOSPITALS.

    Section 1886(d)(9)(E) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395ww(d)(9)(E)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of clause (iii);
            (2) in clause (iv), by inserting ``and before October 1, 
        2005,'' after ``2004,'' and by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new clause:
            ``(v) on or after October 1, 2005, the applicable Puerto 
        Rico percentage is 0 percent and the applicable Federal 
        percentage is 100 percent.''.
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