[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1123 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1123

To provide for a five-year payment increase under the Medicare program 
          for home health services furnished in a rural area.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 21, 2009

 Ms. Collins (for herself, Mrs. Lincoln, and Mr. Bond) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                                Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for a five-year payment increase under the Medicare program 
          for home health services furnished in a rural area.

    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 ``Medicare Rural Home Health 
Preservation Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. FIVE-YEAR APPLICATION OF THE MEDICARE RURAL HOME HEALTH ADD-ON 
              POLICY.

    Section 421(a) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and 
Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-173; 117 Stat. 2283), as 
amended by section 5201(b) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Public 
Law 109-171; 120 Stat. 46), is amended--
            (1) by striking ``, and episodes'' and inserting ``, 
        episodes''; and
            (2) by inserting ``and episodes and visits ending on or 
        after January 1, 2010, and before January 1, 2015,'' after 
        ``January 1, 2007,''.
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