,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bahg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ca1    
#bjad ,mr4 ,begich introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xviii of   
the ,social ,security ,act to provide   
for a five-year extension of the rural  
community hospital demonstration        
program4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,rural ,community   
,hospital ,demonstration ,extension ,act
 of #bjad4  #b4 ,five-year extension of 
the rural community hospital            
demonstration program  7a7  ,extension  
,section #daj;,a of the ,medicare       
,prescription ,drug1 ,improvement1 and  
,modernization ,act of #bjjc 7,public   
,law #ajh-agc2 #db ,u4,s4,c4 #acieww    
note71 as amended by sections #cabc and 
#ajcac of the ,patient ,protection and  
,affordable ,care ,act 7,public ,law    
#aaa-adh71 is amended--  7#a7 in        
subsection 7a77#e71 by striking #e-year 

extension period and inserting #aj-year 
extension period2 and  7#b7 in          
subsection 7g7--  7,a7 in the subsection
 heading1 by striking ,five-,year and   
inserting ,ten-,year2  7,b7 in paragraph
 7#a71 by striking additional #e-year   
and inserting additional #aj-year2 and  
7,c7 by striking #e-year extension      
period each place it appears and        
inserting #aj-year extension period4    
7b7  ,change in timing for report       
,subsection 7e7 of such section #daj;,a 
is amended by striking ,not later than  
#f months after the completion and      
inserting ,not later than #a year prior 
to the completion4