HR9128-118

Introduced

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a designation for territorial safety net hospitals, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Jul 24, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a designation for territorial safety net hospitals, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Finance, Labor.

Who Benefits and How

health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H79CA3AA519F043B7B8322E5B7ACDFADE: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Supporting Territorial Safety Net Hospitals Act.
  • Section HB44BF4379EA0484B8C8BFB9CBC0F41FF: 2. Designation for territorial safety net hospitals Section 1861 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x) is amended by adding at the end the following new...
  • Section H56B400B3F43B42199AFD41D3CC934C82: 3. Inclusion of territorial safety net hospitals as 340B covered entities Section 340B(a)(4) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256b(a)(4)) is amended...
  • Section HC70AD393A66A465A961B07108804D41E: 4. Eliminating medicare sequestration for territorial safety net hospitals Section 256(d)(7) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a designation for territorial safety net hospitals, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Finance, Labor

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a designation for territorial safety net hospitals, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Finance Labor

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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federal implementing agencies: ,
health care providers and patients: ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Jul 24, 2024

Mr. Sablan (for himself and Mr. Moylan) introduced the following …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Finance Labor
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

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