,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bchi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #aj1 
#bjae ,ms4 ,collins 7for herself and    
,ms4 ,cantwell7 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 extend the    
rural add-on payment in the ,medicare   
home health benefit1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,preserve ,access to
 ,medicare ,rural ,home ,health         
,services ,act of #bjae4  #b4 ,extension
 of home health rural add-on  7a7 ,in   
general ,section #dba7;a7 of the        
,medicare ,prescription ,drug1          
,improvement1 and ,modernization ,act of
 #bjjc 7,public ,law #ajh-agc2 #aag     
,stat4 #bbhc71 as amended by section    
#ebja7;b7 of the ,deficit ,reduction    
,act of #bjje 7,public ,law #aji-aga2   
#abj ,stat4 #df71 section #caca7;c7 of  
the ,patient ,protection and ,affordable

 ,care ,act 7,public ,law #aaa-adh2 #abd
 ,stat4 #dbh71 and section #baj of the  
,medicare ,access and ,,chip            
,reauthorization ,act of #bjae 7,public 
,law #aad-aj2 #abi ,stat4 #hg71 is      
amended by striking ,january #a1 #bjah  
each place it appears and inserting     
,january #a1 #bjbc4  7b7 ,revision of   
home health outlier adjustment ,section 
#ahie7;b77#e77;,a7 of the ,social       
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#acie;fff7b77#e77;,a77 is amended in the
 second sentence by inserting 7or1 in   
the case of each of #bjah through #bjbb1
 #b4be percent7 after #b4e percent4