[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2692 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2692

   To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore State 
  authority to waive the 35-mile rule for designating critical access 
                 hospitals under the Medicare Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 3, 2009

   Mr. Thornberry (for himself, Mr. Ross, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. 
 Skelton, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Heller, and Mr. Grijalva) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore State 
  authority to waive the 35-mile rule for designating critical access 
                 hospitals 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``CAH Designation Waiver Authority Act 
of 2009''.

SEC. 2. RESTORING STATE AUTHORITY TO WAIVE THE 35-MILE RULE FOR 
              MEDICARE CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL DESIGNATIONS.

    Section 1820(c)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395i-4(c)(2)(B)(i)(II)) is amended by inserting ``or on or after the 
date of enactment of the CAH Designation Waiver Authority Act of 2009'' 
after ``January 1, 2006,''.
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