[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5613 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5613


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 22, 2016

     Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 AN ACT


 
    To provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on 
    supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in 
        critical access and small rural hospitals through 2016.

    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 ``Continuing Access to Hospitals Act 
of 2016'' or the ``CAH Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF ENFORCEMENT INSTRUCTION ON SUPERVISION 
              REQUIREMENTS FOR OUTPATIENT THERAPEUTIC SERVICES IN 
              CRITICAL ACCESS AND SMALL RURAL HOSPITALS THROUGH 2016.

    Section 1 of Public Law 113-198, as amended by section 1 of Public 
Law 114-112, is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by striking ``2014 and 2015'' and 
        inserting ``2016''; and
            (2) by striking ``and 2015'' and inserting ``, 2015, and 
        2016''.

SEC. 3. REPORT.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (established under section 
1805 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395b-6)) shall submit to 
Congress a report analyzing the effect of the extension of the 
enforcement instruction under section 1 of Public Law 113-198, as 
amended by section 1 of Public Law 114-112 and section 2 of this Act, 
on the access to health care by Medicare beneficiaries, on the economic 
impact and the impact upon hospital staffing needs, and on the quality 
of health care furnished to such beneficiaries.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 21, 2016.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.