[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4650 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4650

   To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an 
  extension of certain Medicare long-term care hospital payment rules.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 29, 2016

 Mr. Buchanan (for himself and Mr. Pascrell) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an 
  extension of certain Medicare long-term care hospital payment rules.

    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 ``Preserving Patient Access to Post-
Acute Hospital Care Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN LTCH MEDICARE PAYMENT RULES.

    (a) Payment for Hospitals-Within-Hospitals.--Paragraph (2)(C) of 
section 114(c) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 
2007 (42 U.S.C. 1395ww note), as amended by sections 3106(a) and 
10312(a) of Public Law 111-148 and section 1206(b)(1)(A) of the Pathway 
for SGR Reform Act of 2013 (division B of Public Law 113-67), is 
amended by striking ``for a 9-year period'' and inserting ``and before 
October 1, 2018''.
    (b) 25-Percent Patient Threshold Payment Adjustment.--Section 
114(c)(1)(A) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 
(42 U.S.C. 1395ww note), as amended by sections 3106(a) and 10312(a) of 
Public Law 111-148 and section 1206(b)(1)(B) of the Pathway for SGR 
Reform Act of 2013 (division B of Public Law 113-67), is amended by 
striking ``for a 9-year period'' and inserting ``and before October 1, 
2018''.
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