[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 607 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 607

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a five-
 year extension of the rural community hospital demonstration program, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 27, 2015

 Mr. Grassley (for himself, Mr. Bennet, Ms. Murkowski, and Mr. Moran) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                          Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a five-
 year extension of the rural community hospital demonstration program, 
                        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 ``Rural Community Hospital 
Demonstration Extension Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. FIVE-YEAR EXTENSION OF THE RURAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL 
              DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.

    (a) Extension.--Section 410A of the Medicare Prescription Drug, 
Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-173; 42 
U.S.C. 1395ww note), as amended by sections 3123 and 10313 of the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148), is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(5), by striking ``5-year extension 
        period'' and inserting ``10-year extension period''; and
            (2) in subsection (g)--
                    (A) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Five-
                Year'' and inserting ``Ten-Year'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``additional 5-
                year'' and inserting ``additional 10-year''; and
                    (C) by striking ``5-year extension period'' and 
                inserting ``10-year extension period'' each place it 
                appears .
    (b) Change in Timing for Report.--Subsection (e) of such section 
410A is amended by striking ``Not later than 6 months after the 
completion'' and inserting ``Not later than 2 years prior to the 
completion''.
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