S.Amdt. 3785

SA 3785. Ms. SMITH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. RURAL EMERGENCY HOSPITAL FIX.

(a) Modifying Eligibility Requirements.--
(1) In general.--Section 1861(kkk)(3) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(kkk)(3)) is amended, in the
matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ``January 1,
2020, or'' after ``as of''.
(2) Implementation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may implement
the amendment made by paragraph (1) by program instruction or
otherwise.
(b) Medicare Improvement Fund.--Section 1898(b)(1) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395iii(b)(1)) is amended by
striking ``$1,804,000,000'' and inserting ``$1,603,000,000''.
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