US Congress Senate Bill 2228 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on November 3 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-11-03 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit review of certain Medicare payment determinations for disproportionate share hospitals, and for other purposes. This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow adminstrative or judicial review of additional Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payment determinations for acute care hospitals known as subsection (d) hospitals. Under current law, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid must make DSH payments to qualifying hospitals that treat a disproportionate share of low-income patients.

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit review of certain Medicare payment determinations for disproportionate share hospitals, and for other purposes.

Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]

Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]

Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]

Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-11-03	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB3024 (Same As) 2015-07-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2228/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s2228/BILLS-114s2228is.pdf