A bill to permit pass-through payment for reasonable costs of certified registered nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals as urban hospitals, including hospitals located in "Lugar counties", and for on-call and standby costs for such services.

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Introduced

5 August 2009

Last action

5 August 2009 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8871)

Summary

Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986, as amended by the Family Support Act of 1988 and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989, to treat a critical access hospital as rural, notwithstanding the reclassification of its location county as an urban county ("Lugar county") under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, in order to permit pass-through payment for the reasonable costs of certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) services. Counts on-call and standby costs for such services as reasonable CRNA costs.

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Timeline

5 August 2009
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8871)
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5 August 2009
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
5 August 2009
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8871)
Source: IntroReferral

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Related records

related to → Rural Access to Nurse Anesthesia Services Act of 2009

Sources

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/1585
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/1585
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