[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 536 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 536

   To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to approve 
   waivers under the Medicaid Program under title XIX of the Social 
   Security Act that are related to State provider taxes that exempt 
        certain retirement communities, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 26, 2015

  Mr. Womack introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to approve 
   waivers under the Medicaid Program under title XIX of the Social 
   Security Act that are related to State provider taxes that exempt 
        certain retirement communities, 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 ``Provider Tax Administrative 
Simplification Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. PROVIDER TAX RULE EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN CONTINUING CARE 
              RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES.

    In the case of a State that has a provider tax that does not apply 
to continuing care retirement communities or life care communities (as 
such terms are used for purposes of section 1917(g) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396p(g)) that have no beds that are certified 
to provide medical assistance (as such term is defined under section 
1905(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a))) under title XIX of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) or that do not provide services 
for which payment may be made under such title, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services shall approve a waiver under section 
433.68(e)(2)(iii) of title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
regardless of whether the Secretary determines that the State satisfies 
the requirements of section 433.68(e)(2)(iii)(B) of such title.
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