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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4350 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4350

    To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend acute 
              hospital care at home waiver flexibilities.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 15, 2024

 Mr. Carper (for himself, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Ms. Smith, and 
  Mr. Tillis) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL

 
    To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend acute 
              hospital care at home waiver flexibilities.

    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 ``Hospital Inpatient Services 
Modernization Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENDING ACUTE HOSPITAL CARE AT HOME WAIVER FLEXIBILITIES.

    Section 1866G of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395cc-7) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``2024'' and 
        inserting ``2029''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking ``Study and 
                Report'' and inserting ``Studies and Reports''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by striking ``The Secretary'' and 
                        inserting ``Not later than September 30, 2024, 
                        and again not later than September 30, 2028, 
                        the Secretary'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B)--
                                    (I) in clause (iv), by striking 
                                ``and'' at the end;
                                    (II) in clause (v), by striking the 
                                period and inserting ``; and''; and
                                    (III) by adding at the end the 
                                following new clause:
                            ``(vi) in the case of the second study 
                        conducted under this paragraph, the quality of 
                        care, outcomes, costs, quantity and intensity 
                        of services, and other relevant metrics between 
                        individuals who entered into the Acute Hospital 
                        Care at Home initiative directly from an 
                        emergency department compared with individuals 
                        who entered into the Acute Hospital Care at 
                        Home initiative directly from an existing 
                        inpatient stay in a hospital.''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in the header, by striking ``Report'' 
                        and inserting ``Reports''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``and again not later 
                        than September 30, 2028,'' after ``2024,''; and
                            (iii) by striking ``on the study conducted 
                        under paragraph (1).'' and inserting the 
                        following: ``on--
                    ``(A) with respect to the first report submitted 
                under this paragraph, the first study conducted under 
                paragraph (1); and
                    ``(B) with respect to the second report submitted 
                under this paragraph, the second study conducted under 
                paragraph (1).''.
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