[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1417 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1417

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide parity to 
Puerto Rico hospitals with respect to inpatient hospital payments under 
                         the Medicare program.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 18, 2015

Mr. Pierluisi introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide parity to 
Puerto Rico hospitals with respect to inpatient hospital payments 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 ``Puerto Rico Hospital Medicare 
Reimbursement Equity Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF MEDICARE INPATIENT HOSPITAL PAYMENT RATE FOR 
              PUERTO RICO HOSPITALS.

    Section 1886(d)(9)(E) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395ww(d)(9)(E)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of clause (iii);
            (2) in clause (iv), by inserting ``and before October 1, 
        2015,'' after ``2004,'' and by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new clause:
            ``(v) on or after October 1, 2015, the applicable Puerto 
        Rico percentage is 0 percent and the applicable Federal 
        percentage is 100 percent.''.
                                 <all>