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Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2020
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H. R. 6753 (Introduced-in-House)


116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6753


To amend the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to extend the rural community hospital demonstration program.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 8, 2020

Ms. Finkenauer (for herself and Mr. Young) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

A BILL

To amend the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to extend the rural community hospital demonstration program.

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 “Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2020”.

SEC. 2. Five-year extension of the rural community hospital demonstration program.

(a) Extension.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a)(5) of section 410A of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–173; 42 U.S.C. 1395ww note), is amended by striking “10-year extension period” and inserting “15-year extension period”.

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS FOR EXTENSION.—

(A) EXTENSION OF DEMONSTRATION PERIOD.—Subsection (g) of such section 410A is amended—

(i) in the subsection heading, by striking “Ten-Year” and inserting “Fifteen-Year”;

(ii) in paragraph (1)—

(I) by striking “additional 10-year” and inserting “additional 15-year”; and

(II) by striking “10-year extension period” and inserting “15-year extension period”;

(iii) in paragraph (2), by striking “10-year extension period” and inserting “15-year extension period”;

(iv) in paragraph (3), by striking “10-year extension period” and inserting “15-year extension period”;

(v) in paragraph (4), by striking “10-year extension period” each place it appears and inserting “15-year extension period”;

(vi) in paragraph (5), by striking “10-year extension period” and inserting “15-year extension period”; and

(vii) in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (6), by striking “10-year extension period” and inserting “15-year extension period”.

(B) RULE FOR HOSPITALS THAT ARE NOT ORIGINAL PARTICIPANTS IN THE DEMONSTRATION.—Paragraph (5) of subsection (g) of such section 410A is amended—

(i) by striking “program.—During” and inserting “program.—

“(A) CURES ACT EXTENSION.—During”; and

(ii) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

“(B) ADDITIONAL EXTENSION.—During the third 5 years of the 15-year extension period, the Secretary shall apply the provisions of paragraph (4) to rural community hospitals that are not described in paragraph (4) but are participating in the demonstration program under this section as of December 30, 2019, in a similar manner as such provisions apply to rural community hospitals described in paragraph (4).”.

(C) SOLICITATION OF APPLICATIONS.—Subparagraph (A) of subsection (g)(6) of such section 410A is amended—

(i) by striking “In general.—The Secretary” and inserting “In general.—

“(i) CURES ACT SOLICITATION.—The Secretary”; and

(ii) by adding at the end the following new clause:

“(ii) ADDITIONAL SOLICITATION.—The Secretary shall, notwithstanding subsection (a)(2) or paragraph (2) of this subsection, not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this clause, issue a solicitation for applications to select up to the maximum number of additional rural community hospitals located in any State to participate in the demonstration program under this section for the third 5 years of the 15-year extension period without exceeding the limitation under paragraph (3) of this subsection.”.

(b) Clarification of application of case mix adjustment.—Subsection (b) of such section 410A is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(3) CASE MIX ADJUSTMENT.—The Secretary shall provide for an appropriate adjustment under this paragraph to take into account variations in case mix of rural community hospitals, using the most recent case-mix data available.”.

(c) Change in timing for report.—Subsection (e) of such section 410A is amended by striking “Not later than August 1, 2018” and inserting “Not later than August 1, 2023”.

(d) Clarifying technical amendments.—Such section 410A, as amended by subsections (a), (b), and (c), is further amended—

(1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting “of Health and Human Services” after “Secretary”;

(2) in subsection (f)(1)(A)(iv) by inserting “of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i–4)” after “section 1820”; and

(3) in subsection (g)—

(A) in the heading of paragraph (4), by striking “Hospitals in demonstration program on date of enactment” and inserting “Hospitals participating in the demonstration program during the initial 5-year period”; and

(B) in clause (i) of paragraph (6)(A), as amended by subsection (a)(2)(C)(i), by striking “not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this paragraph” and inserting “not later than April 12, 2017”.