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<dc:title>118 S3394 IS: Rural Emergency Hospital Adjustment Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2023-12-05</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>118th CONGRESS</congress><session>1st Session</session><legis-num>S. 3394</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20231205">December 5, 2023</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S347">Mr. Moran</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSFI00">Committee on Finance</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand the eligibility for designation as a rural emergency hospital under the Medicare program.</official-title></form><legis-body><section id="S1" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Rural Emergency Hospital Adjustment Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="idd8d4398c8cdc4908a1ca4cb03df56c76"><enum>2.</enum><header>Expanding the eligibility for designation as a Medicare rural emergency hospital</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1861(kkk)(3) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1395x">42 U.S.C. 1395x(kkk)(3)</external-xref>) is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>as of</quote> and inserting <quote>at any point during the period beginning on January 1, 2015, and ending on</quote>.</text></section></legis-body></bill> 

