[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 441 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 441

   To provide for a technical change to the Medicare long-term care 
                     hospital moratorium exception.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 2015

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for a technical change to the Medicare long-term care 
                     hospital moratorium exception.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TECHNICAL CHANGE TO THE MEDICARE LONG-TERM CARE HOSPITAL 
              MORATORIUM EXCEPTION.

    (a) In General.--Section 114(d) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and 
SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 1395ww note), as amended by 
sections 3106(b) and 10312(b) of Public Law 111-148, section 1206(b)(2) 
of the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 (division B of Public Law 
113-67), and section 112 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 
2014, is amended, in paragraph (7), by striking ``The moratorium under 
paragraph (1)(A)'' and inserting ``Any moratorium under paragraph (1)'' 
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A).
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of section 112 of the 
Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014.
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