S 1171
111th Congress
Senate
Health
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development
Critical Access Flexibility Act of 2009
Introduced: June 3, 2009
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3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 3, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 3, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6033)
Jun 3, 2009
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Critical Access Flexibility Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the Medicare rural hospital flexibility program a state may establish.
Authorizes state designation of a Medicare critical access hospital (CAH), even if it does not comply with the requirement that it be located more than a 35-mile drive from another hospital, if it is certified by the state on or after enactment of this Act as being a necessary provider of health care services to residents in the area. (Thus restores state authority that existed before January 1, 2006, to waive the 35-mile rule.)
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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