To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a definition of essential health system in statute.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7397 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7397

    To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a 
           definition of essential health system in statute.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 15, 2024

  Mrs. Trahan (for herself and Mr. Valadao) introduced the following 
  bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in 
 addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a 
           definition of essential health system in statute.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHING A DEFINITION OF ESSENTIAL HEALTH SYSTEM IN 
              STATUTE.

    Section 1861 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(nnn) Essential Health System.--The term `essential health 
system' means a hospital--
            ``(1) that is a subsection (d) hospital (as defined in 
        section 1886(d)(1)(B));
            ``(2) that is a non-Federal governmental or private 
        nonprofit hospital; and
            ``(3) that--
                    ``(A) meets the requirements of a Medicaid deemed 
                disproportionate share hospital (as described in 
                section 1923(b)(1));
                    ``(B) has a Medicare disproportionate patient 
                percentage of at least 35 percent (as defined in 
                section 1886(d)(5)(F)(vi)); or
                    ``(C) has a Medicare disproportionate share 
                hospital uncompensated care payment factor of 0.0005 or 
                more, (as defined in section 1886(r)(2)(C)).''.
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