,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhcd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bc1        
#bjai,mr4 ,gottheimer 7for himself and  
,mr4 ,pascrell7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1 and
 in addition to the ,committee on ,ways 
and ,means1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xviii of   
the ,social ,security ,act to provide   
for an exception to the definition of an
 off-campus outpatient department of a  
provider under the ,medicare program for
 certain departments of a provider if   
such provider was forced to relocate its
 campus4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,patient ,parity    
,protection ,act of #bjai4  #b4         
,providing for an exception to the      
definition of an off-campus outpatient  

department of a provider under the      
,medicare program to account for forced 
campus relocations of providers ,section
 #ahcc7t77#ba77;,b7 of the ,social      
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#aciel7t77#ba77;,b77 is amended by      
adding at the end the following new     
clause3  7ix7 ,exception for on-campus  
departments converted to off-campus     
departments ,for purposes of paragraph  
7#a77;,b77v7 and this paragraph and with
 respect to applicable items and        
services furnished during #bjbj or a    
subsequent year1 the term off-campus    
outpatient department of a provider also
 shall not include a department of a    
provider 7as so defined7 that is not    
described in clause 7ii7 if--  7,i7 the 
,secretary receives from the provider an
 attestation 7pursuant to section       
#dac4fe7;b77#c7 of title #db1 ,code of  
,federal ,regulations7 not later than   
#fj days after the date of the enactment
 of this clause that such department met
 the requirements of a department of a  

provider located on the campus 7as      
defined in such section #dac4fe7;a77#b77
 of such provider or within the distance
 7described in such definition of       
campus7 from a remote location of a     
hospital facility 7as defined in such   
section #dac4fe7;a77#b77 specified in   
such section #dac4fe as of ,november #a1
 #bjae2  7,,ii7 such provider was forced
 to relocate its campus 7as so defined7 
from the location of such campus as of  
,november #a1 #bjae1 due to such campus'
 inability to meet the health care needs
 of such provider's patient population1 
as demonstrated by a certificate of need
 or equivalent approval document issued 
by the ,state agency licensing such     
provider at such location2 and  7,,iii7 
the department continues to furnish     
applicable items and services at the    
same address at which such items and    
services were furnished as of ,november 
#a1 #bjae4  4