S.Amdt. 3425

SA 3425. Mr. BYRD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3336 proposed by Mr. Baucus to the bill H.R. 4213, to
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring
provisions, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

On page 268, between lines 11 and 12, insert the following:

SEC. 602. CONTINUATION OF SOLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL TREATMENT
FOR CERTAIN HOSPITALS.

(a) In General.--Section 1886(d)(5)(D) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(D)) is amended by adding
at the end the following new clause:
``(vi) In the case of a hospital that is classified as a
sole community hospital and is located within a State that
has implemented a rate-setting program for regulation of
hospital payments (in this clause referred to as the
`existing hospital'), any relocation on or after January 1,
2010, of the facility of another hospital that is in
operation as of such date to a site that is within 25 road
miles of the existing hospital shall not be taken into
account for purposes of determining whether the existing
hospital shall continue to qualify for classification as a
sole community hospital.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall apply to hospitals for cost reporting periods beginning
on or after January 1, 2010.
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