Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2187
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2014-03-31
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Health care coverage and access

Hospital care

Medicare

Rural conditions and development
Latest action: action_date: 2014-03-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-03-31
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2014 - Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to extend the rural community hospital demonstration program from five through 10 years.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2187 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 31, 2014 Mr. Begich introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a five-year extension of the rural community hospital demonstration program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2014 . 2. Five-year extension of the rural community hospital demonstration program (a) Extension Section 410A of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–173; 42 U.S.C. 1395ww note), as amended by sections 3123 and 10313 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( Public Law 111–148 ), is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(5), by striking 5-year extension period and inserting 10-year extension period ; and (2) in subsection (g)— (A) in the subsection heading, by striking Five-Year and inserting Ten-Year ; (B) in paragraph (1), by striking additional 5-year and inserting additional 10-year ; and (C) by striking 5-year extension period each place it appears and inserting 10-year extension period . (b) Change in timing for report Subsection (e) of such section 410A is amended by striking Not later than 6 months after the completion and inserting Not later than 1 year prior to the completion .