118th Congress Health
H.R. 7397: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a definition of essential health system in statute.
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Summary
This bill establishes a statutory definition for essential health system under Medicare.
Under the bill, an essential health system is one that (1) is an acute care hospital that is paid under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system (excluding children’s, inpatient psychiatric, long-term care, rehabilitation hospitals, and certain cancer hospitals); (2) is a non-federal governmental or private nonprofit hospital; and (3) is a Medicaid disproportionate share hospital, has a Medicare disproportionate patient percentage of at least 35%, or has a Medicare disproportionate share hospital uncompensated care payment factor of 0.0005 or more.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
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Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- David Valadao R-CAOriginal
- Ritchie Torres D-NY
- Jim Costa D-CA
- Juan Ciscomani R-AZ
- Joe Wilson R-SC
- Donald Davis D-NC
- Dean Phillips D-MN
- Darren Soto D-FL
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Jenniffer González-Colón R-PR
- Emanuel Cleaver D-MO
- Adam Schiff D-CA
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Julia Letlow R-LA
- Jennifer Kiggans R-VA
Who scored on this bill
- 1Lori Trahan SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by Lori Trahan.
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- Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced in House
- 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.