Rural Emergency Hospital Adjustment Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7599 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7599

     To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand the 
  eligibility for designation as a rural emergency hospital under the 
                           Medicare program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 8, 2024

 Mr. LaTurner 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 expand the 
  eligibility for designation as a rural emergency hospital under the 
                           Medicare program.

    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 ``Rural Emergency Hospital Adjustment 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANDING THE ELIGIBILITY FOR DESIGNATION AS A MEDICARE RURAL 
              EMERGENCY HOSPITAL.

    Section 1861(kkk)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395x(kkk)(3)) is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
striking ``as of'' and inserting ``at any point during the period 
beginning on January 1, 2015, and ending on''.
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