[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 408 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 408

   To provide for the temporary retention of sole community hospital 
           status for a hospital under the Medicare program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 17, 2011

Mr. Rockefeller introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for the temporary retention of sole community hospital 
           status for a hospital 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 ``Community Hospital Jobs Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. TEMPORARY RETENTION OF MEDICARE SOLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL STATUS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective for 
discharges occurring during the 3-year period beginning on October 1, 
2010, in the case of a hospital with Medicare provider number 51-0047, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall deem such hospital to 
meet the criteria for classification as a sole community hospital under 
section 1886(d)(5)(D)(iii)(II) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395ww(d)(5)(D)(iii)(II)).
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