[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3391 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3391

 To allow for the continuation of critical access hospital designation 
   for certain hospitals in geographic areas experiencing population 
                                growth.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2009

Ms. Jenkins (for herself, Mr. Moran of Kansas, Mr. Moore of Kansas, and 
 Mr. Tiahrt) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To allow for the continuation of critical access hospital designation 
   for certain hospitals in geographic areas experiencing population 
                                growth.

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

SECTION 1. PERMITTING THE CONTINUATION OF CAH DESIGNATION FOR CERTAIN 
              HOSPITALS.

    Section 1820(c)(2)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395i-4(c)(2)(B)(i)) is amended by inserting ``, or was located in such 
a rural area at the time that the hospital was originally designated as 
a critical access hospital under this paragraph (but subsequently such 
a rural area was redesignated as an urban area, as defined in section 
1886(d)(2)(D)),'' after ``(or equivalent unit of local government) in a 
rural area (as defined in section 1886(d)(2)(D))''.
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