H.R. 6154 · 109th Congress

Enhanced Options for Rural Health Care Act of 2006

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
Ron Paul
Introduced
2006-09-21
Latest action
2006-09-25 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.

Summary

Enhanced Options for Rural Health Care Act of 2006 - Amends part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide that nothing in such title shall be construed as preventing a critical access hospital from using any of its designated number of beds to provide assisted living or from accepting private payments for related services.

Declares that such use shall not increase the total number of beds that the facility may have and maintain its designation as such a hospital.