,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ciia  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #d1        
#bjad,mr4 ,smith of ,nebraska 7for      
himself1 ,mr4 ,walden1 ,ms4 ,jenkins1   
and ,mr4 ,loebsack7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xviii of the  
,social ,security ,act to remove the    
#if-;hour physician certification       
requirement for inpatient critical      
access hospital services4  #a4 ,short   
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,critical ,access ,hospital ,relief ,act
 of #bjad4  #b4 ,removing ,medicare     
#if-;hour physician certification       
requirement for inpatient critical      
access hospital services  7a7 ,in       
general ,section #ahad7;a7 of the       
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acie;f7a77 is amended-- 7#a7 in        
paragraph 7#f71 by adding and at the    
end2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#g71 at the end
 of subparagraph 7,d77ii71 by striking  

and and inserting a period2 and  7#c7 by
 striking paragraph 7#h74  7b7          
,application ,the amendments made by    
subsection 7a7 shall apply with respect 
to items and services furnished on or   
after ,january #a1 #bjad4