A bill to require continued application of budget neutrality on a national basis in calculation of the Medicare urban hospital wage floor

2008·0.09 MB·English

by  United States. Congress. House

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATR^S
September18,2008
Mr. L.VRSON ofCoiniecticnt (forhimself, Mr. MuRPIlYofCoiniecticnt, Ms.
DeLaiiro,Mi-.Courtney,andMr.Pascrell)introdncedthefollowino-
bill;whichwasreferredtotheCommitteeonWaysandMeans
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BILL
To require continued application of budget neutrality on a
national basis in calculation ofthe Medicare urban hos-
pitalwagefloor.
1 BeitenactedhytheSenateandHouseofRepresenta-
2 tivesoftheUnitedStatesofAmericainCongressassembled,
3 SECTION1.SHORTTITLE.
4 ThisActmaybecitedasthe"SafeguardingOurHos-
5 pitals'FuturesActof2008".
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1 SEC. 2. CONTINUED APPLICATION OF BUDGET NEU-
2 TRALITYONANATIONALBASISINCALCULA-
3 TION OF THE MEDICARE URBAN HOSPITAL
4 WAGEFLOOR.
5 InthecaseofdischargesoceurriiigonorafterOeto-
6 ber1,2008,theSecretaryofHealthandHumanSendees
7 shall continue to administer section 4410(b) ofthe Bal-
8 ancedBudgetActof1997 (42 U.S.C. 1395wnote) and
9 section412.64(e)oftitle42,CodeofFederalRegulations,
10 in the same manner as the Secretaiy administered such
11 sections fordischarges occurringduringfiscalyear 2008
12 (throughauniform,nationaladjustmenttotheareawage
13 index).
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