DSH Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 5346 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5346 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to establish a minimum Medicaid disproportionate share hospital allotment for States. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 19, 2024 Mr. Barrasso (for himself, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. Welch) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to establish a minimum Medicaid disproportionate share hospital allotment for States. 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 ``Delivering Support for Hospitals Act'' or the ``DSH Act''. SEC. 2. MINIMUM MEDICAID DSH ALLOTMENT. Section 1923(f)(6) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r- 4(f)(6)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: ``(C) …