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107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1736

To provide for the reclassification of certain counties for purposes of 
               reimbursement under the medicare program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 28, 2001

Mr. Thompson (for himself and Mr. Frist) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the reclassification of certain counties for purposes of 
               reimbursement under the medicare program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. THREE-YEAR RECLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN COUNTIES FOR PURPOSES 
              OF REIMBURSEMENT UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective for 
discharges occurring during fiscal years 2002, 2003, and 2004, for 
purposes of making payments under subsections (d) and (j) of section 
1886 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww) to hospitals 
(including rehabilitation hospitals and rehabilitation units under such 
subsection (j)) in Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Sevier, and Union 
Counties, Tennessee, such counties are deemed to be located in the 
Chattanooga, TN-GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. For purposes of such 
section, the reclassifications made under the preceding sentence shall 
be treated as decisions of the Medicare Geographic Classification 
Review Board under subsection (d)(10) of such section.
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