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S 421 111th Congress Senate

Hospice Protection Act

Official title: A bill to impose a temporary moratorium on the phase out of the Medicare hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor.

Introduced: February 12, 2009 See on congress.gov
Health Administrative law and regulatory proceduresDepartment of Health and Human ServicesHealth personnelLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
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It never became law before the 111th Congress (2009–2010) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Feb 12, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 12, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2230)
Feb 12, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action February 12, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Hospice Protection Act - Establishes a temporary moratorium on the phase out of the Medicare hospice Budget Neutrality Adjustment Factor (BNAF).

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, between enactment of this Act and December 31, 2009, to recompute and apply the final Medicare hospice wage index for FY2009 as if the BNAF had remained in place with no reduction.

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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Feb 13, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 421: Hospice Protection Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-421/
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"S. 421: Hospice Protection Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-421/.
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