[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 21, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S349]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
By Mr. CORNYN:
S. 202. A bill to provide for a technical change to the Medicare
long-term care hospital moratorium exception; to the Committee on
Finance.
Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of
the bill be printed in the Record.
There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be
printed in the Record, as follows:
S. 202
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TECHNICAL CHANGE TO THE MEDICARE LONG-TERM CARE
HOSPITAL MORATORIUM EXCEPTION.
(a) In General.--Section 114(d) of the Medicare, Medicaid,
and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 1395ww note), as
amended by sections 3106(b) and 10312(b) of Public Law 111-
148, section 1206(b)(2) of the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of
2013 (division B of Public Law 113-67), and section 112 of
the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (Public Law
113-93), is amended, in paragraph (7), by striking ``The
moratorium under paragraph (1)(A)'' and inserting ``Any
moratorium under paragraph (1)'' in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A).
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section
112 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (Public
Law 113-93).
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