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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Preserving Rehabilitation Innovation
Centers Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress makes the following findings:
(1) In the United States, there are an estimated 1,181
inpatient rehabilitation facilities. Among these facilities is
a small group of inpatient rehabilitation institutions that are
contributing to the future of rehabilitation care medicine, as
well as to patient recovery, scientific innovation, and quality
of life.
(2) This unique category of inpatient rehabilitation
institutions treats the most complex patient conditions, such
as traumatic brain injury, stroke, spinal cord injury,
childhood disease, burns, and wartime injuries.
(3) These leading inpatient rehabilitation institutions are
all not-for-profit or Government-owned institutions and serve a
high volume of Medicare or Medicaid beneficiaries.
(4) These leading inpatient rehabilitation institutions
have been recognized by the Federal Government for their
contributions to cutting-edge research to develop solutions
that enhance quality of care, improve patient outcomes, and
reduce health care costs.
(5) These leading inpatient rehabilitation institutions
help to improve the practice and standard of rehabilitation
medicine across the Nation in urban, suburban, and rural
communities by training physicians, medical students, and other
clinicians, and providing care to patients from all 50 States.
(6) It is vital that these leading inpatient rehabilitation
institutions are supported so they can continue to lead the
Nation's efforts to--
(A) advance integrated, multidisciplinary
rehabilitation research;
(B) provide cutting-edge medical care to the most
complex rehabilitation patients;
(C) serve as education and training facilities for
the physicians, nurses, and other health professionals
who serve rehabilitation patients;
(D) ensure Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries
receive state-of-the-art, high-quality rehabilitation
care by developing and disseminating best practices and
advancing the quality of care utilized by post-acute
providers in all 50 States; and
(E) support other inpatient rehabilitation
institutions in rural areas to help ensure access to
quality post-acute care for patients living in these
communities.

SEC. 3. STUDY AND REPORT RELATING TO THE COSTS INCURRED BY, AND THE
MEDICARE PAYMENTS MADE TO, REHABILITATION INNOVATION
CENTERS.

(a) In General.--Section 1886(j) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395ww(j)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (9); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following new
paragraph:
''(8) Study and report relating to the costs incurred by,
and the medicare payments made to, rehabilitation innovation
centers.--
''(A) Study.--The Secretary shall conduct a study
to assess the costs incurred by rehabilitation
innovation centers (as defined in subparagraph (C))
that are beyond the prospective rate for each of the
following activities:
''(i) Furnishing items and services to
individuals under this title.
''(ii) Conducting research.
''(iii) Providing medical training.
''(B) Report.--Not later than July 1, 2019, the
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing
the results of the study under subparagraph (A),
together with recommendations for such legislation and
administrative action as the Secretary determines
appropriate.
''(C) Rehabilitation innovation center defined.--
''(i) In general.--In this paragraph, the
term 'rehabilitation innovation center' means a
rehabilitation facility that, determined as of
the date of the enactment of this paragraph, is
described in clause (ii) or clause (iii).
''(ii) Not-for-profit.--A rehabilitation
facility described in this clause is a facility
that--
''(I) is classified as a not-for-
profit entity under the IRF Rate
Setting File for the Correction Notice
for the Inpatient Rehabilitation
Facility Prospective Payment System for
Federal Fiscal Year 2012 (78 Fed. Reg.
59256);
''(II) holds at least one Federal
rehabilitation research and training
designation for research projects on
traumatic brain injury, spinal cord
injury, or stroke rehabilitation
research from the Rehabilitation
Research and Training Centers or the
Rehabilitation Engineering Research
Center at the National Institute on
Disability and Rehabilitation Research
at the Department of Education, based
on such data submitted to the Secretary
by a facility, in a form, manner, and
time frame specified by the Secretary;
''(III) has a minimum Medicare case
mix index of 1.1144 for fiscal year
2012 according to the IRF Rate Setting
File described in subclause (I); and
''(IV) had at least 300 Medicare
discharges or at least 200 Medicaid
discharges in a prior year as
determined by the Secretary.
''(iii) Government-owned.--A rehabilitation
facility described in this clause is a facility
that--
''(I) is classified as a
Government-owned institution under the
IRF Rate Setting File described in
clause (ii)(I);
''(II) holds at least one Federal
rehabilitation research and training
designation for research projects on
traumatic brain injury, spinal cord
injury, or stroke rehabilitation
research from the Rehabilitation
Research and Training Centers, the
Rehabilitation Engineering Research
Center, or the Model Spinal Cord Injury
Systems at the National Institute on
Disability and Rehabilitation Research
at the Department of Education, based
on such data submitted to the Secretary
by a facility, in a form, manner, and
time frame specified by the Secretary;
''(III) has a minimum Medicare case
mix index of 1.1144 for 2012 according
to the IRF Rate Setting File described
in clause (ii)(I); and
''(IV) has a Medicare
disproportionate share hospital (DSH)
percentage of at least 0.6300 according
to the IRF Rate Setting File described
in clause (ii)(I)).''.

Passed the Senate December 10 (legislative day, December
9), 2016.

Attest:

Secretary.
114th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 1168

_______________________________________________________________________

AN ACT

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to
rehabilitation innovation centers under the Medicare program.
A:
Preserving Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act of 2016 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct a study to assess the costs incurred by rehabilitation innovation centers that are beyond the prospective rates for each of the following activities: (1) furnishing items and services to individuals under Medicare; (2) conducting research; and (3) providing medical training.