[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 688 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 688

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to apply the additional 
    Medicare HITECH payment provisions to hospitals in Puerto Rico.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 30, 2011

Mr. Menendez (for himself, Mr. Kerry, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Schumer, and 
 Mr. Bingaman) 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 apply the additional 
    Medicare HITECH payment provisions to hospitals in Puerto Rico.

    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 ``Puerto Rico Hospital HITECH 
Amendments of 2011''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF MEDICARE HITECH PAYMENTS TO HOSPITALS IN PUERTO 
              RICO.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (n)(6)(B) of section 1886 of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww) is amended by striking ``subsection (d) 
hospital'' and inserting ``hospital that is a subsection (d) hospital 
or a subsection (d) Puerto Rico hospital''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Subsection (b)(3)(B)(ix) of such 
section is amended--
            (A) in subclause (I), by striking ``(n)(6)(A)'' and 
        inserting ``(n)(6)(B)''; and
            (B) in subclause (II), by striking ``subsection (d) 
        hospital'' and inserting ``an eligible hospital''.
    (2) Paragraphs (2) and (4)(A) of section 1853(m) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-23(m)) are each amended by striking 
``1886(n)(6)(A)'' and inserting ``1886(n)(6)(B)''.
    (c) Implementation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services may implement the amendments 
made by subsections (a) and (b) by program instruction or otherwise.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply as if included in the enactment of the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-3).
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