To protect Medicare beneficiary access to hospital care in rural areas from recommendations by the Independent Payment Advisory Board.
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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Motion to waive the Budget Act (all applicable budgetary discipline) with respect to amendment SA 3577 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 42 - 54. Record Vote Number: 85.
March 25, 2010
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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Motion to waive the Budget Act (all applicable budgetary discipline) with respect to amendment SA 3577 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 42 - 54. Record Vote Number: 85.
March 25, 2010
Motion to waive the Budget Act (all applicable budgetary discipline) with respect to amendment SA 3577 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 42 - 54. Record Vote Number: 85.
March 25, 2010
Amendment SA 3577 ruled out of order by the chair.
March 25, 2010
Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 3577 proposed by Senator Roberts.(consideration: CR S1980, S2004-2005; text: CR S1980)
March 24, 2010
Amendment SA 3577 proposed by Senator Roberts. (consideration: CR S1980, S2004-2005; text: CR S1980) To protect Medicare beneficiary access to hospital care in rural areas from recommendations by the Independent Payment Advisory Board.
March 24, 2010
Point of order raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 3577.
March 24, 2010
Senate amendment submitted
March 23, 2010
Votes
1 roll call on this amendment
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Submitted
SA 3577. Mr. ROBERTS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 4872, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to Title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010 (S. Con. Res. 13); which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of subtitle B of title I, insert the following: SEC. __. PROTECTING MEDICARE BENEFICIARY ACCESS TO HOSPITAL CARE IN RURAL AREAS FROM RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE INDEPENDENT PAYMENT ADVISORY BOARD. (a) In General.--Section 1899A(c)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act, as added by section 3403 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and amended by section 10320 of such Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: ``(vii) The proposal shall not include any recommendation that would reduce payment rates for items and services furnished by a critical access hospital (as defined in section 1861(mm)(1)).''. (b) Expansion of Affordability Exception to Individual Mandate.--Section 5000A(e)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by section 1501(b) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, is amended by striking ``8 percent'' and inserting ``5 percent''. ______