110 HR 2157 IH: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to U.S. House of Representatives 2007-05-03 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2157 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 3, 2007 Mr. Johnson of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that certain facilities located in areas designated as rural areas before January 1, 2000, qualify as rural health clinics regardless of whether or not such areas remain so designated.

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Rural health clinic qualification for certain facilities in rural areas designated before May 2002

(a)

In general

Section 1861(aa)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: Notwithstanding any other provisions of this paragraph, a facility that is located in an area that the Bureau of the Census designated before January 1, 2000, as an area that is not an urbanized area and that satisfies all other conditions of this paragraph shall qualify as a rural health clinic for purposes of this title and title XIX, whether or not such area remains so designated.. (b)

Effective date

The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to rural health clinic services furnished on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, with respect to geographic area redesignations occurring before, on, or after such date.