[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1108 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1108

To require application of budget neutrality on a national basis in the 
  calculation of the Medicare hospital wage index floor for each all-
                         urban and rural State.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 20, 2009

Mr. Lautenberg (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Lieberman) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                          Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To require application of budget neutrality on a national basis in the 
  calculation of the Medicare hospital wage index floor for each all-
                         urban and rural State.

    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 ``Safeguarding Our Hospitals' Futures 
Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF BUDGET NEUTRALITY ON A NATIONAL BASIS IN THE 
              CALCULATION OF THE MEDICARE HOSPITAL WAGE INDEX FLOOR FOR 
              EACH ALL-URBAN AND RURAL STATE.

    In the case of discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2009, 
for purposes of applying section 4410 of the Balanced Budget Act of 
1997 (42 U.S.C. 1395ww note) and paragraph (h)(4) of section 412.64 of 
title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall administer subsection (b) of such section 4410 and 
paragraph (e) of such section 412.64 in the same manner as the 
Secretary administered such subsection (b) and paragraph (e) for 
discharges occurring during fiscal year 2008 (through a uniform, 
national adjustment to the area wage index).
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