[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2644 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2644

 To waive the 35-mile rule to permit recognition of Gadsden Community 
   Hospital as a critical access hospital under the Medicare Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 21, 2009

   Mr. Boyd introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To waive the 35-mile rule to permit recognition of Gadsden Community 
   Hospital as a critical access hospital under the Medicare Program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. WAIVER OF 35-MILE RULE TO PERMIT RECOGNITION OF GADSDEN 
              COMMUNITY HOSPITAL AS A CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL UNDER 
              THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

    Gadsden Community Hospital operated by Gadsden Hospital, Inc. in 
Quincy, Florida, is deemed to meet the requirement of section 
1820(c)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i-
4(c)(2)(B)(i)(I)) for purposes of obtaining designation as a critical 
access hospital under the Medicare program.
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