110 HR 6966 IH: Safeguarding Our Hospitals’ Futures U.S. House of Representatives 2008-09-18 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 2d Session H. R. 6966 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 18, 2008 Mr. Larson of Connecticut (for himself, Mr. Murphy of Connecticut, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Courtney, and Mr. Pascrell) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To require continued application of budget neutrality on a national basis in calculation of the Medicare urban hospital wage floor.

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This Act may be cited as the Safeguarding Our Hospitals’ Futures Act of 2008.

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Continued application of budget neutrality on a national basis in calculation of the Medicare urban hospital wage floor

In the case of discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2008, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall continue to administer section 4410(b) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1395ww note) and section 412.64(e) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, in the same manner as the Secretary administered such sections for discharges occurring during fiscal year 2008 (through a uniform, national adjustment to the area wage index).