[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Pages 14092-14093]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     PROVIDING FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE ENFORCEMENT INSTRUCTION ON 
    SUPERVISION REQUIREMENTS FOR OUTPATIENT THERAPEUTIC SERVICES IN 
               CRITICAL ACCESS AND SMALL RURAL HOSPITALS

  Ms. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 188, S. 1461.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1461) to provide for the extension of the 
     enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for 
     outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small 
     rural hospitals through 2015.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Finance, with an 
amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu 
thereof the following:

                                S. 1461

     SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF ENFORCEMENT INSTRUCTION ON 
                   SUPERVISION REQUIREMENTS FOR OUTPATIENT 
                   THERAPEUTIC SERVICES IN CRITICAL ACCESS AND 
                   SMALL RURAL HOSPITALS THROUGH 2015.

       Section 1 of Public Law 113-198 is amended--
       (1) in the section heading, by inserting ``AND 2015'' after 
     ``2014''; and
       (2) by striking ``calendar year 2014'' and inserting 
     ``calendar years 2014 and 2015''.

  Ms. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
committee-reported amendment be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be 
read a third time and passed, and that the motion to reconsider be 
considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute was agreed to.

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  The bill (S. 1461), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.

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