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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 538 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove the 96-hour |
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| 6 | 6 | | physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital |
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| 7 | 7 | | services. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY16, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. S |
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| 11 | 11 | | MITHof Nebraska (for himself and Ms. SEWELL) introduced the |
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| 12 | 12 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove |
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| 15 | 15 | | the 96-hour physician certification requirement for inpa- |
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| 16 | 16 | | tient critical access hospital services. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Critical Access Hos-4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | pital Relief Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:35 Feb 13, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H538.IH H538 |
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| 23 | 23 | | ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | •HR 538 IH |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEC. 2. REMOVING MEDICARE 96-HOUR PHYSICIAN CER-1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | TIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR INPATIENT 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL SERVICES. 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a) I |
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| 29 | 29 | | NGENERAL.—Section 1814(a) of the Social Se-4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395f(a)) is amended— 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) in paragraph (6), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the 6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | end; 7 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) in paragraph (7), at the end of subpara-8 |
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| 34 | 34 | | graph (E), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a pe-9 |
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| 35 | 35 | | riod; and 10 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (3) by striking paragraph (8). 11 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) A |
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| 38 | 38 | | PPLICATION.—The amendments made by sub-12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | section (a) shall apply with respect to items and services 13 |
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| 40 | 40 | | furnished on or after January 1, 2026. 14 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Æ |
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