A bill to provide for a technical change to the Medicare long-term care hospital moratorium exception.

Bill: 114-s-202
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2015-01-21
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Hospital care

Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S349)

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-21
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill amends the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007, as amended by other specified federal law, with respect to the five-year moratorium begining April 1, 2014, on the establishment of long-term care (LTC) hospitals and LTC satellite facilities and on the increase of LTC hospital beds in existing LTC hospitals or satellite facilities for purposes of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act.</p> <p>A technical correction is made to an exception to this moratorium for certain LTC hospitals that:</p> <ul> <li>began their qualifying period for Medicare payment on or before April 1, 2014;</li> <li>have a binding written agreement as of that date with an outside, unrelated party for the actual construction, renovation, lease, or demolition for an LTC hospital, and have expended, before that date, at least 10% of the project's estimated cost (or, if less, $ 2.5 million); or</li> <li>have obtained on or before that date an approved certificate of need in a state where one is required.</li> </ul> <p>This bill applies the exception to any similar moratorium.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 202 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 21, 2015 Mr. Cornyn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To provide for a technical change to the Medicare long-term care hospital moratorium exception.

1. Technical change to the Medicare long-term care hospital moratorium exception (a) In general Section 114(d) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww note), as amended by sections 3106(b) and 10312(b) of Public Law 111–148 , section 1206(b)(2) of the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 (division B of Public Law 113–67 ), and section 112 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 ( Public Law 113–93 ), is amended, in paragraph (7), by striking The moratorium under paragraph (1)(A) and inserting Any moratorium under paragraph (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A). (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 112 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 ( Public Law 113–93 ).