[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4859 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4859

   To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve sole 
 community hospital determinations made by the Secretary of Health and 
                Human Services, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2021

  Mr. Waltz (for himself and Mr. Dunn) 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 preserve sole 
 community hospital determinations made by the Secretary of Health and 
                Human Services, 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 ``Patient Accessibility and Access To 
Community Healthcare Act'' or the ``PAATCH Act''.

SEC. 2. PRESERVATION OF SOLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL DETERMINATIONS MADE BY 
              THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

    Section 1886(d)(5)(D)(iii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395ww(d)(5)(D)(iii)) is amended--
            (1) in subclause (II), by striking at the end ``or'';
            (2) in subclause (III), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``, or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subclause:
                                    ``(IV) for the 10-year period 
                                beginning on the date of the enactment 
                                of this subclause, that met either of 
                                the requirements specified in 
                                subclauses (I) through (III) (as in 
                                effect on the date of the enactment of 
                                this subclause) on or before March 13, 
                                2020.''.
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