SOLES Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 5184 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5184 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a floor on payments to sole community hospitals located in a non-contiguous State under the hospital outpatient prospective payment system. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 25, 2024 Mr. Sullivan (for himself, Mr. Schatz, and Ms. Murkowski) 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 establish a floor on payments to sole community hospitals located in a non-contiguous State under the hospital outpatient prospective payment system. 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 ``Save Our Lone Emergency Services Act'' or the ``SOLES Act''. SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF SOLE COMMUNITY HOSPITALS LOCA…