S.Amdt. 1083
What it does: Adds SEC. __. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN ENTITIES FOR PURPOSES OF PAYMENTS UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM at the end of subtitle A of title IV
Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)What it changes
1 change to S. 1 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. __. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN ENTITIES FOR PURPOSES OF PAYMENTS UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM at the end of subtitle A of title IV
Adds a sectionIn S. 1 · Reported to Senate
(b) Report.--Not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the study conducted under subsection (a) together with such recommendations for legislative and administrative action as the Comptroller General determines appropriate.
Inserted: SEC. __. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN ENTITIES FOR PURPOSES OF PAYMENTS UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.
Inserted: (a) Payments to Hospitals.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective for discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2003, for purposes of making payments to hospitals (as defined in section 1886(d) and 1833(t) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
Inserted: 1395(d)) under the medicare program under title XVIII of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.), Stearns County, Minnesota, such county is deemed to be located in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota-Wisconsin, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Inserted: (b) Budget Neutrality.--The Secretary shall adjust the area wage index referred to in subsection (a) in a manner which assures that the appropriate payments made under section 1886(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C., 1395(ww)(d)) in a fiscal year for the operating cost of inpatient hospital services are not greater or less than those which would have be made in the year if this section did not apply.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle A of title IV, add the following:
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As printed
SA 1083. Mr. COLEMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make improvements in the medicare program, to provide prescription drug coverage under the medicare program, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle A of title IV, add the following:
SEC. __. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN ENTITIES FOR PURPOSES OF PAYMENTS UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.
(a) Payments to Hospitals.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective for discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2003, for purposes of making payments to hospitals (as defined in section 1886(d) and 1833(t) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395(d)) under the medicare program under title XVIII of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.), Stearns County, Minnesota, such county is deemed to be located in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota-Wisconsin, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
(b) Budget Neutrality.--The Secretary shall adjust the area wage index referred to in subsection (a) in a manner which assures that the appropriate payments made under section 1886(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C., 1395(ww)(d)) in a fiscal year for the operating cost of inpatient hospital services are not greater or less than those which would have be made in the year if this section did not apply.
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Senate amendment submitted
June 25, 2003