[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3831 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3831

    To amend the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to 
   eliminate the phase out of the Medicare hospice budget neutrality 
                           adjustment factor.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 15, 2009

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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to 
   eliminate the phase out of the Medicare hospice budget neutrality 
                           adjustment factor.

    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 ``Hospice Support Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF PHASE OUT OF MEDICARE HOSPICE BUDGET NEUTRALITY 
              ADJUSTMENT FACTOR.

    Section 4301(a) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 
2009 (Public Law 111-5) is amended--
            (1) by amending the heading to read as follows: 
        ``Elimination of Phase Out of Medicare Hospice Budget 
        Neutrality Adjustment Factor''; and
            (2) by striking ``before October 1, 2009''.
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