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[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4111 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 452
114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4111

                          [Report No. 114-582]

To include skilled nursing facilities as a type of health care provider 
        under section 254(h) of the Communications Act of 1934.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 19, 2015

 Mr. Lance (for himself, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. Loebsack) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

                              May 23, 2016

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                           November 19, 2015]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
To include skilled nursing facilities as a type of health care provider 
        under section 254(h) of the Communications Act of 1934.

 

    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 Health Care Connectivity Act 
of 2016''.

SEC. 2. TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES FOR SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 254(h)(7)(B) of the Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h)(7)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (vi), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating clause (vii) as clause (viii);
            (3) by inserting after clause (vi) the following:
                            ``(vii) skilled nursing facilities (as 
                        defined in section 1819(a) of the Social 
                        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i-3(a))); and''; 
                        and
            (4) in clause (viii), as redesignated, by striking 
        ``clauses (i) through (vi)'' and inserting ``clauses (i) 
        through (vii)''.
    (b) Savings Clause.--Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed 
to affect the aggregate annual cap on Federal universal service support 
for health care providers under section 54.675 of title 47, Code of 
Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply beginning on the date that is 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 452

114th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4111

                          [Report No. 114-582]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To include skilled nursing facilities as a type of health care provider 
        under section 254(h) of the Communications Act of 1934.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              May 23, 2016

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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