[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1916 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1916

To include skilled nursing facilities as a type of health care provider 
        under section 254(h) of the Communications Act of 1934.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 3, 2015

   Mr. Thune introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To include skilled nursing facilities as a type of health care provider 
        under section 254(h) of the Communications Act of 1934.

    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 ``Rural Health Care Connectivity Act 
of 2015''.

SEC. 2. TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES FOR SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 254(h)(7)(B) of the Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h)(7)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (vi), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating clause (vii) as clause (viii);
            (3) by inserting after clause (vi) the following:
                            ``(vii) skilled nursing facilities;''; and
            (4) in clause (viii), as redesignated, by striking 
        ``clauses (i) through (vi)'' and inserting ``clauses (i) 
        through (vii)''.
    (b) Savings Clause.--Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed 
to affect the aggregate annual cap on Federal universal service support 
for health care providers under section 54.675 of title 47, Code of 
Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation.
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