United States · Bill · S
S. 1655 (106th)
Rural Hospital Flexibility Act of 1999
Introduced
28 September 1999
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Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Summary
Rural Hospital Flexibility Act of 1999 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the criteria for designation as a critical access hospital to: (1) modify the 96-hour restriction on acute care to an average of 96 hours; and (2) repeal the requirement of subjecting requests for waiver of the 96-hour restriction on a case-by-case basis to a peer review organization or equivalent entity.
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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 28 September 1999
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 28 September 1999
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 28 September 1999
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/senate-bill/1655
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/1655