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HR 6466 112th Congress House

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt certain hospice programs from the limitation applicable to payments for hospice care under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 20, 2012 See on congress.gov
Health Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicareMinority and disadvantaged businessesMinority health
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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 Latest action September 20, 2012

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exempt from the cap on payments for hospice care any care furnished on or after November 1, 2004, under the Medicare program by a qualified hospice program.

Qualifies a hospice program under this Act if: (1) at least 50% of the shares of its common stock are owned by a minority individual or group of minority individuals (African-Americans, American Indians, Asian-Americans, or Latin-Americans), and (2) at least 75% of the individuals electing to participate in the program reside in a county or parish half of whose population consists of minority individuals or for which the average per capita income is the lowest quantile of counties in the state in which the hospice program is located.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to recalculate and reconcile payments under part A (Hospital Insurance) of the Medicare program for qualified hospice care furnished between November 1, 2004, and the date of enactment of this Act if the current cap was applied.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6466: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt certain hospice programs from the limitation applicable to payments for hospice care under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6466/
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"H.R. 6466: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt certain hospice programs from the limitation applicable to payments for hospice care under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6466/.
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H.R. 6466, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6466/.
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