[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2253 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2253

   To provide adjustments in payment to certain hospitals under the 
                           Medicaid program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 29, 2007

  Mr. Bayh (for himself and Mr. Lugar) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide adjustments in payment to certain hospitals under the 
                           Medicaid 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 ``Urban Health Care Delivery Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. URBAN HEALTH PROVIDER ADJUSTMENT.

    (a) In General.--Beginning with fiscal year 2008, notwithstanding 
section 1923(f) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-4(f)) and 
subject to subsection (c), DSH payment adjustments made by a State 
under section 1923 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-4) to a hospital 
described in subsection (b) shall be made without regard and in 
addition to the DSH allotment limitation for the State determined under 
section 1923(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-4(f)).
    (b) Hospital Described.--A hospital is described in this subsection 
if, as of December 31, 2006, the hospital--
            (1) is owned or operated by a State (as defined for 
        purposes of title XIX of the Social Security Act), or by an 
        instrumentality or a municipal governmental unit within a State 
        (as so defined);
            (2) owns and operates a community mental health center;
            (3) operates--
                    (A) a burn center with the joint Burn Center 
                Verification of the American Burn Association and the 
                American College of Surgeons which serves the entire 
                State; and
                    (B) a Level I trauma center verified by the 
                American College of Surgeons which has not less than 
                100,000 encounters per year;
            (4) owns not less than 5 community health centers in the 
        county the hospital is located in; and
            (5) provides not more than 450 inpatient beds.
    (c) Limitation.--The DSH payment adjustments described in 
subsection (a) for fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter 
shall not exceed 175 percent of the costs of furnishing hospital 
services described in section 1923(g)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1396r-4(g)(1)(A)).
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