Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-672
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-02-03
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Health care coverage and access

Hospital care

Medicare

Rural conditions and development
Latest action: action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-02-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015</b></p> <p>Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to extend the period of the rural community hospital demonstration program from 5 to 10 years.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 672 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 3, 2015 Mr. Young of Alaska (for himself, Mr. Amodei , Mr. King of Iowa , and Mr. Loebsack ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 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, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 . 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 and inserting 10-year extension period each place it appears. (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 2 years prior to the completion .