Rural HELP Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8565
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2022-07-28
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-07-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Rural Hospital Extensions for Low-volume Programs Act of 2022 or the Rural HELP Act of 2022</b></p> <p>This bill makes certain payment adjustments for Medicare-dependent hospitals and low-volume hospitals permanent (the adjustments currently expire at the end of FY2022).</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8565 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 28, 2022 Mr. Graves of Missouri 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 permanently extend the Medicare-dependent hospital and low-volume hospital programs under the Medicare program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rural Hospital Extensions for Low-volume Programs Act of 2022 or the Rural HELP Act of 2022 . 2. Permanently extending the Medicare-dependent hospital and low-volume hospital programs under the Medicare program (a) Extension of the Medicare-Dependent hospital (MDH) program (1) Extension of payment methodology Section 1886(d)(5)(G) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(G) ) is amended— (A) in clause (i), by striking , and before October 1, 2022 ; and (B) in clause (ii)(II), by striking , and before October 1, 2022 . (2) Conforming amendments (A) Extension of target amount Section 1886(b)(3)(D) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(b)(3)(D) ) is amended— (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking , and before October 1, 2022 ; and (ii) in clause (iv), by striking through fiscal year 2022 and inserting or a subsequent fiscal year . (B) Permitting hospitals to decline reclassification Section 13501(e)(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww note) is amended by striking fiscal year 2000 through fiscal year 2022 and inserting a subsequent fiscal year . (b) Extension of the increased payments under the medicare low-Volume hospital program Section 1886(d)(12) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(12) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B)— (A) in the header, by inserting for fiscal years 2005 through 2010 after increase ; and (B) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking and for discharges occurring in fiscal year 2023 and subsequent fiscal years ; (2) in subparagraph (C)(i)— (A) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking through 2022 and inserting and each subsequent fiscal year ; (B) in subclause (II), by adding at the end and ; (C) in subclause (III)— (i) by striking fiscal years 2019 through 2022 and inserting fiscal year 2019 and each subsequent fiscal year ; and (ii) by striking ; and and inserting a period; and (D) by striking subclause (IV); and (3) in subparagraph (D)— (A) by amending the header to read as follows: Applicable percentage increase beginning with fiscal year 2021 ; (B) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking fiscal years 2011 through 2022 and inserting fiscal year 2019 and each subsequent fiscal year ; and (C) in clause (ii), by striking each of fiscal years 2019 through 2022 and inserting fiscal year 2019 and each subsequent fiscal year .