Catastrophic Specialty Hospital Act of 2025

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 2628 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2628 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish new payment rules for certain catastrophic specialty hospitals under the Medicare program. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 31, 2025 Mr. Warnock (for himself and Mr. Wicker) 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 new payment rules for certain catastrophic specialty hospitals under the Medicare program. 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 ``Catastrophic Specialty Hospital Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. ESTABLISHING NEW PAYMENT RULES FOR CERTAIN CATASTROPHIC SPECIALTY HOSPITALS UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM. Section 1886(m) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(m)) is ame…