PATCH Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 1624 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1624 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a floor on the work geographic index for physicians' services furnished in Hawaii. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 6, 2025 Mr. Schatz (for himself and Ms. Hirono) 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 the work geographic index for physicians' services furnished in Hawaii. 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 ``Protecting Access To Care in Hawaii Act'' or the ``PATCH Act''. SEC. 2. FLOOR ON WORK GEOGRAPHIC INDEX FOR PHYSICIANS' SERVICES FURNISHED IN HAWAII. Section 1848(e) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4(e)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1)(…