,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cjia  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #ai1  
#bjbc,ms4 ,murkowski 7for herself and   
,mr4 ,sullivan7 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 certain
 clinics to qualify as a rural emergency
 hospital under the ,medicare program4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,rural ,inclusion ,act4  #b4    
,permitting certain clinics to qualify  
as a ,medicare rural emergency hospital 
7a7 ,in general ,section #ahfa7kkk7 of  
the ,social ,security ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #aciex7kkk77 is amended-- 7#a7
 in paragraph 7#c7-- 7,a7 in            
subparagraph 7,a71 by striking or at the
 end2  7,b7 in subparagraph 7,b71 by    
striking the period at the end and      
inserting 2 or2 and  7,c7 by adding at  
the end the following new subparagraph3 
7,c7 was a ,federally qualified health  

center 7as defined in subsection        
7aa77#d77 that formerly participated in 
the frontier extended stay clinic       
demonstration under section #dcd of the 
,medicare ,prescription ,drug1          
,improvement1 and ,modernization ,act of
 #bjjc4  2 and  7#b7 in subparagraph    
7#d77;,b77i71 by inserting or1 in the   
case of a facility described in         
paragraph 7#c77;,c71 as a ,federally    
qualified health center1 after          
#ahhf7;d77#a77;,b7714  7b7 ,effective   
date ,the amendments made by this       
section shall take effect on the date of
 enactment of this ,act4