[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5474 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5474

    To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to 
   reclassification of hospitals as rural referral centers under the 
                           Medicare Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 28, 2010

 Mr. Schauer 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 with respect to 
   reclassification of hospitals as rural referral centers 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 ``Hospital Reclassification Correction 
Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. RECLASSIFICATION OF HOSPITALS AS RURAL REFERRAL CENTERS UNDER 
              THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 1886(d)(10)(D)(iii) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(10)(D)(iii)) is amended by inserting ``or a 
hospital which is the only subsection (d) hospital in its Metropolitan 
Statistical Area'' after ``under paragraph (5)(C)''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to the application of guidelines to applications 
filed before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act for 
reclassifications for periods beginning on or after October 1, 2010.
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