,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bajh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #cj1
 #bjae ,mr4 ,toomey 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,bennet7 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 an       
extension of certain long-term care     
hospital payment rules and the          
moratorium on the establishment of      
certain hospitals and facilities4  #a4  
,short title  ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,preserving ,patient ,access to    
,post-,acute ,hospital ,care ,act of    
#bjae4  #b4 ,extension of certain ,,ltch
 payment rules and moratorium on the    
establishment of certain hospitals and  
facilities  7a7 ,extension of certain   
payment rules  7#a7 ,payment for        
hospitals-within-hospitals ,paragraph   
7#b77;,c7 of section #aad7;c7 of the    
,medicare1 ,medicaid1 and ,,schip       
,extension ,act of #bjjg 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 

#acieww note71 as amended by sections   
#cajf7;a7 and #ajcab7;a7 of ,public ,law
 #aaa-adh and section #abjf7;b77#a77;,a7
 of the ,pathway for ,,sgr ,reform ,act 
of #bjac 7division ,b of ,public ,law   
#aac-fg71 is amended by striking for a  
#i-year period and inserting and before 
,october #a1 #bjah4  7#b7 #be percent   
patient threshold payment adjustment    
,section #aad7;c77#a77;,a7 of the       
,medicare1 ,medicaid1 and ,,schip       
,extension ,act of #bjjg 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 
#acieww note71 as amended by sections   
#cajf7;a7 and #ajcab7;a7 of ,public ,law
 #aaa-adh and section #abjf7;b77#a77;,b7
 of the ,pathway for ,,sgr ,reform ,act 
of #bjac 7division ,b of ,public ,law   
#aac-fg71 is amended by striking for a  
#i-year period and inserting and before 
,october #a1 #bjah4  7b7 ,extension of  
moratorium on establishment of and      
increase in beds for ,l,t,c,hs ,section 
#aad7;d7 of the ,medicare1 ,medicaid1   
and ,,schip ,extension ,act of #bjjg    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acieww note71 as amended

 by sections #cajf7;b7 and #ajcab7;b7 of
 ,public ,law #aaa-adh1 section         
#abjf7;b77#b7 of the ,pathway for ,,sgr 
,reform ,act of #bjac 7division ,b of   
,public ,law #aac-fg71 and section #aab 
of the ,protecting ,access to ,medicare 
,act of #bjad 7,public ,law #aac-ic71 is
 amended--  7#a7 in paragraph 7#a71 in  
the matter preceding subparagraph 7,a71 
by striking ,september #cj1 #bjag and   
inserting ,september #cj1 #bjai2 and    
7#b7 in paragraph 7#f71 by striking     
,september #cj1 #bjag and inserting     
,september #cj1 #bjai4