[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2433 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2433

     To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to update the 
 calculation of the hospital specific rate for such hospitals, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 30, 2023

 Mr. Meuser (for himself, Ms. Wild, and Mr. Moolenaar) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to update the 
 calculation of the hospital specific rate for such hospitals, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fairness for Rural Teaching 
Hospitals Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. UPDATE TO CALCULATION OF HOSPITAL SPECIFIC RATE FOR MEDICARE-
              DEPENDENT HOSPITALS.

    Section 1886(d)(5)(G) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395ww(d)(5)(G)) is amended by inserting after clause (ii) the 
following:
``For purposes of clause (ii)(II), in calculating the amount determined 
under paragraph (1)(A)(iii) with respect to discharges occurring on or 
after the first day of the first fiscal year following the date of 
enactment of the `Fairness for Rural Teaching Hospitals Act of 2023', 
the Secretary shall exclude an estimate of indirect medical costs in 
accordance with the requirements specified in paragraph (2)(C)(i). 
Following such calculation, the Secretary shall provide for an 
additional payment to a hospital for the indirect medical costs 
incurred by such hospital.''.
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