Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-258
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2015-01-27
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access

Health facilities and institutions

Health personnel

Hospital care

Medicare

Rural conditions and development
Latest action: action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-27
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2015</b></p> <p>Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the 96-hour physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services under which a physician must certify that a patient may reasonably be expected to be discharged or transferred to a hospital within 96 hours after admission to the critical access hospital.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 258 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 27, 2015 Mr. Roberts (for himself, Mr. Tester , Mr. Coats , Mr. Cochran , Mr. Grassley , Mr. Moran , Mr. Barrasso , Mr. Thune , Mrs. Fischer , Mr. Daines , Mr. Inhofe , Mr. Wicker , Mr. Hoeven , Ms. Murkowski , Ms. Heitkamp , Ms. Baldwin , Mr. Merkley , and Ms. Klobuchar ) 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 remove the 96-hour physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2015 . 2. Removing Medicare 96-hour physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (a) In general Section 1814(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395f(a) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (6), by adding and at the end; (2) in paragraph (7), at the end of subparagraph (E), by striking ; and and inserting a period; and (3) by striking paragraph (8). (b) Application The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to items and services furnished on or after January 1, 2015.