CARE Act of 2016

Summary

Critical Access and Rural Equity Act of 2016 or the CARE Act of 2016 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to specify that, for purposes of determining Medicare payment and reasonable costs for both inpatient and outpatient critical access hospital (CAH) services, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall recognize as allowable costs those related to specified emergency, diagnostic, anesthetist, community health, and off-campus clinical services. Furthermore, in determining payment and reasonable costs for both inpatient and outpatient CAH services, CMS shall not disallow payment to a CAH on the basis that such payment offsets the cost of a current permissible health care-related tax imposed on and paid by the CAH. CMS must make specified payment adjustments to account for such a tax.  Generally, under current law, a facility must be located beyond a specified driving distance from another hospital or facility in order to be designated as a CAH. The bill specifies that this requirement does not apply with respect to a CAH's off-campus provider-based clinic. Current law further requires a facility to provide certain 24-hour emergency care services as a condition of designation as a CAH. The bill allows CMS to waive this requirement with respect to a facility that coordinates with a nearby facility or hospital that provides such services.

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Timeline

1. 12 February 2016

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 12 February 2016

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 12 February 2016

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 12 February 2016

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

5. 17 February 2016

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

   Source: Committee

6. 19 February 2016

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 12 February 2016 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 12 February 2016

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 12 February 2016

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 12 February 2016

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Sponsors

• Gregg Harper · R · Sponsor
• David Loebsack · D · Sponsor
• COLLIN PETERSON · D · Sponsor
• Steven Palazzo · R · Sponsor
• Trent Kelly · R · Sponsor
• Bennie Thompson · D · Sponsor
• David McKinley · R · Cosponsor
• Kevin Cramer · R · Cosponsor
• Robert Latta · R · Cosponsor
• Blake Farenthold · R · Cosponsor
• Sam Graves · R · Cosponsor
• RON KIND · D · Cosponsor
• Ann Kirkpatrick · D · Cosponsor
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Related records

• related to → CARE Act of 2017