,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ihf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,april #bg1         
#bjag,mr4 ,menendez 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,booker1 ,mr4 ,carper1 and ,mr4 ,coons7 
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 permit hospitals in   
all-urban ,states to be considered      
,medicare dependent hospitals1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,fairness for  
,our ,hospitals ,act of #bjag4  #b4     
,permitting hospitals in all-urban      
,states to be considered ,medicare      
dependent hospitals  7a7 ,in general    
,section #ahhf7;d77#e77;,g77iv77,i7 of  
the ,social ,security ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #acieww7d77#e77;,g77iv77,i77  
is amended to read as follows3  7,i7    
that-- 7aa7 is located in a rural area2 
or  7bb7 for discharges occurring on or 
after ,january #a1 #bjaa1 is located in 

a ,state with no rural area 7as defined 
in paragraph 7#b77;,d77 and satisfies   
any of the criteria in subclause 7,i71  
7,,ii71 7,,iii71 or 7,,iv7 of paragraph 
7#h77;,e77ii71  4  7b7 ,process for     
recalculating payments ,not later than  
#abj days after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,health and ,human ,services shall   
establish and implement a process under 
which the ,secretary shall reimburse    
hospitals impacted by the amendment made
 by subsection 7a7 for any underpayments
 under title ,,xviii of the ,social     
,security ,act that are a result of the 
implementation of such amendment4