PRINTER'S NO. 1740
No. 1406 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY ARGALL, McCALL, ALLEN AND GOODMAN, MAY 7, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, MAY 7, 2003
AN ACT 1 Designating political subdivisions as rural areas for purposes 2 of Medicare hospital service payments. 3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 4 hereby enacts as follows: 5 Section 1. Short title. 6 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Medicare 7 Hospital Service Payment Designation Act. 8 Section 2. Designation. 9 For purposes of payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital 10 services under section 1886 of the Social Security Act (49 Stat. 11 620, 42 U.S.C. § 1395ww), the political subdivisions of Coaldale 12 Borough and Butler Township in Schuylkill County are designated, 13 pursuant to section 1886(d)(8)(E)(ii)(II) of the Social Security 14 Act (42 U.S.C. § 1395ww(d)(8)(E)(ii)(II)), as rural areas. 15 Section 3. Effective date. 16 This act shall take effect immediately. E6L67VDL/20030H1406B1740