,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ffic  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #a1 #bjbj,mr4   
,thompson of ,california introduced the 
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xviii of the  
,social ,security ,act to allow ,states 
to certify certain hospitals as         
necessary providers for purposes of     
designating such hospitals as critical  
access hospitals under the ,medicare    
program4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,critical ,access   
,hospital ,expansion ,act of #bjbj4  #b4
 ,allowing ,states to certify certain   
hospitals as necessary providers for    
purposes of designating such hospitals  
as critical access hospitals under the  
,medicare program ,section              
#ahbj7;c77#b77;,b77i77,,ii7 of the      
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acie;i-#d7;c77#b77;,b77i77,,ii77 is    
amended by inserting or on or after the 
date of the enactment of the ,critical  

,access ,hospital ,expansion ,act of    
#bjbj1 after #bjjf14