S.Amdt. 4050

SA 4050. Mr. SCHIFF submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3951 submitted by Ms. Collins and intended to be proposed
to the bill H.R. 4016, making appropriations for the Department of
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

In the matter under the heading ``program management''
under the heading ``Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services'' under title II of division D, strike the period at
the end and insert ``: Provided further, That the
Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
shall not terminate a critical access hospital provider
agreement with any hospital that was designated and certified
as a critical access hospital as of January 1, 2024, and
receives notice from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services during the period beginning on December 1, 2024, and
ending on January 1, 2027, that the facility was found to be
noncompliant with the distance requirements under section
1820(c)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395i-4(c)(2)(B)(i)(I)): Provided further, That the
Administrator shall use available funds in the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services Program Management Account to
pay for the additional expenditures by reason of the
preceding proviso, as determined by the Administrator.''.

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