US Congress Senate Bill 307 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 22 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-01-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S791-792)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to state Medicare rural hospital flexibility programs, in particular the criteria for designation of critical access hospitals. Revises requirements for the counting of beds for purposes of determining whether a hospital may be designated as a critical access hospital. Allows a facility to provide a maximum of 20 (currently 25) acute care inpatient beds, as determined on an annual, average basis. Declares that only occupied beds shall be counted. Exempts from the critical access hospital inpatient bed limitation beds provided to certain veterans.

Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009

Sen. Evan Bayh [D-IN]	Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]	Sen. Roland Burris [D-IL]	Sen. Thad Cochran [R-MS]
Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Kent Conrad [D-ND]	Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. Byron Dorgan [D-ND]
Sen. Russell Feingold [D-WI]	Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA]	Sen. Mike Johanns [R-NE]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. James Risch [R-ID]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-01-22		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S791-792)
2009-01-22		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S791)

HB668 (Same As) 2009-01-23 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/307/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s307/BILLS-111s307is.pdf