Rural Emergency Hospital Designation Improvement Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4322 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4322 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make improvements relating to the designation of rural emergency hospitals. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 14, 2024 Mr. Moran (for himself and Ms. Smith) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make improvements relating to the designation of rural emergency hospitals. 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 ``Rural Emergency Hospital Designation Improvement Act''. SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY CHANGES. (a) In General.--Section 1861(kkk)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(kkk)(3)) is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ``as of'' and inserting ``at any point duri…