[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2578 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2578

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend for one year 
    the hold harmless provision for small rural hospitals and sole 
 community hospitals under the Medicare prospective payment system for 
    hospital outpatient department services, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 2013

Mr. Braley of Iowa introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee 
 on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend for one year 
    the hold harmless provision for small rural hospitals and sole 
 community hospitals under the Medicare prospective payment system for 
    hospital outpatient department services, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Rural Hospital Fairness Act of 
2013''.

SEC. 2. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF OUTPATIENT HOLD HARMLESS PROVISION.

    (a) In General.--Section 1833(t)(7)(D)(i) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(t)(7)(D)(i)), as amended by section 3002(a) of the 
Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-
96), is amended--
            (1) in subclause (II)--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``January 1, 
                2013'' and inserting ``January 1, 2014''; and
                    (B) in the second sentence, by striking ``or 2012'' 
                and inserting ``, 2012, or 2013''; and
            (2) in subclause (III)--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``January 1, 
                2013'' and inserting ``January 1, 2014''; and
                    (B) in the second sentence, by striking ``March 1, 
                2012'' and inserting ``January 1, 2014''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of section 3002 of the 
Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-
96).
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