[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1171 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1171

   To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore State 
  authority to waive the 35-mile rule for designating critical access 
                 hospitals under the Medicare Program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 3, 2009

   Mr. Pryor (for himself, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Isakson, Mr. 
 Chambliss, Mr. Lugar, and Mr. Inhofe) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore State 
  authority to waive the 35-mile rule for designating critical access 
                 hospitals 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 ``Critical Access Flexibility Act of 
2009''.

SEC. 2. RESTORING STATE AUTHORITY TO WAIVE THE 35-MILE RULE FOR 
              MEDICARE CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL DESIGNATIONS.

    Section 1820(c)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395i-4(c)(2)(B)(i)(II)) is amended by inserting ``or on or after the 
date of enactment of the Critical Access Flexibility Act of 2009'' 
after ``January 1, 2006,''.
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