108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2659
To extend the temporary increase in payments under the medicare program
for home health services furnished in a rural area.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 15, 2004
Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mrs. LINCOLN, Mr. BOND, Mr. FEINGOLD, Mr. THOMAS,
Mr. CONRAD, and Mr. BURNS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice
and referred to the Committee on Finance
A BILL
To extend the temporary increase in payments under the medicare program
for home health services furnished in a rural area.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Medicare Rural Home Health Services Improvement
Act of 2004'.
SEC. 2. TWO-YEAR EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY MEDICARE PAYMENT INCREASE FOR HOME
HEALTH SERVICES FURNISHED IN A RURAL AREA.
Section 421 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization
Act of 2003 (42 U.S.C. 1395fff note) is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by striking `one-year' and inserting `temporary';
and
(2) in subsection (a), by striking `2005' and inserting `2007'.
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