[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5559 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5559

  To amend section 1206 of the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 to 
clarify the application of rules on the calculation of hospital length 
    of stay to certain moratorium-excepted long-term care hospitals 
                                (LTCHs).


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 22, 2016

    Mr. Smith of Missouri (for himself and Mr. Clay) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend section 1206 of the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 to 
clarify the application of rules on the calculation of hospital length 
    of stay to certain moratorium-excepted long-term care hospitals 
                                (LTCHs).

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

SECTION 1. CLARIFYING APPLICATION OF RULES ON THE CALCULATION OF 
              HOSPITAL LENGTH OF STAY TO CERTAIN MORATORIUM-EXCEPTED 
              LTCHS.

    Section 1206(a)(3) of the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 
(division B of Public Law 113-67; 42 U.S.C. 1395ww note) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) Clarifying application to certain additional 
                moratorium-excepted ltchs.--Subparagraph (A) shall also 
                apply to a long-term care hospital described in section 
                114(d)(7) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP 
                Extension Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 1395ww note).''.
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