S 1595
110th Congress
Senate
Health
Access to health care
Hospitals
Housing and Community Development
Medicare
Rural health
Social Welfare
Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2007
Introduced: June 12, 2007
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Became law
Jun 12, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 12, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7556-7557)
Jun 12, 2007
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to state Medicare rural hospital flexibility programs, in particular the criteria for designation of critical access hospitals.
Revises requirements for the counting of beds for purposes of determining whether a hospital may be designated as a critical access hospital. Allows a facility to provide a maximum of 20 (currently 25) acute care inpatient beds, as determined on an annual, average basis. Declares that only occupied beds shall be counted.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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