[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6693 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6693

  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow States to 
   certify certain hospitals as necessary providers for purposes of 
   designating such hospitals as critical access hospitals under the 
                           Medicare program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 1, 2020

  Mr. Thompson of California 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 allow States to 
   certify certain hospitals as necessary providers for purposes of 
   designating such hospitals as critical access hospitals under the 
                           Medicare program.

    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 Expansion 
Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. ALLOWING STATES TO CERTIFY CERTAIN HOSPITALS AS NECESSARY 
              PROVIDERS FOR PURPOSES OF DESIGNATING SUCH HOSPITALS AS 
              CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITALS UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

    Section 1820(c)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395i-4(c)(2)(B)(i)(II)) is amended by inserting ``or on or after the 
date of the enactment of the Critical Access Hospital Expansion Act of 
2020,'' after ``2006,''.
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