[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5507 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5507

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove the 96-hour 
   physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access 
                           hospital services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 13, 2018

Mr. Smith of Nebraska introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove the 96-hour 
   physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access 
                           hospital services.

    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 ``Critical Access Hospital Relief Act 
of 2018''.

SEC. 2. REMOVING MEDICARE 96-HOUR PHYSICIAN CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT 
              FOR INPATIENT CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1814(a) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395f(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (6), by adding ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (7), at the end of subparagraph (E), by 
        striking ``and'' and inserting a period; and
            (3) by striking paragraph (8).
    (b) Application.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply 
with respect to items and services furnished on or after January 1, 
2018.
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