Fairness to Teaching Hospitals Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6515
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2016-12-08
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2016-12-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-12-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Fairness to Teaching Hospitals Act of 2016</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to specify that a&nbsp;certain Medicare rule for counting resident time in nonprovider settings shall not be applied in a manner that requires the&nbsp;reopening of any settled hospital cost reports except where there was a jurisdictionally proper appeal pending as of March 23, 2010. The bill applies retroactively.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6515 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 8, 2016 Mr. Mullin (for himself, Mr. Bridenstine , Mrs. Lawrence , Mr. Messer , and Mr. Stutzman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means , and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to clarify the application of the rule for counting resident time in nonprovider settings.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fairness to Teaching Hospitals Act of 2016 . 2. Clarification of application of rule for counting resident time in nonprovider settings (a) In general Section 5504(c) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww note) is amended by striking as to which there is not and inserting except where there was . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply as if included in the enactment of section 5504 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.