,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #feif  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #aj1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,schmidt 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,estes7 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 adjust the eligibility for the  
rural emergency hospital designation    
under the ,medicare program4  #a4       
,adjusting eligibility for rural        
emergency hospital designation under    
,medicare ,section #ahfa7kkk77#c7 of the
 ,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4  
#aciex7kkk77#c77 is amended-- 7#a7 in   
the matter preceding subparagraph 7,a71 
by striking as of and inserting 1 at any
 point during the period beginning on   
,january #a1 #bjae1 and ending on2  7#b7
 in subparagraph 7,a71 by striking or at
 the end2  7#c7 in subparagraph 7,b71 by
 striking the period at the end and     
inserting 2 or2 and  7#d7 by adding at  
the end the following new subparagraph3 

7,c7 was an off-campus outpatient       
department of a hospital 7as defined in 
section #ahcc7t77#ba77;,b77 that-- 7i7  
was a dedicated emergency department 7as
 defined in section #dhi4bd7;b7 of title
 #db1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations 7or
 any successor regulation772 and  7ii7  
was located in a county 7or equivalent  
unit of local government7 in a rural    
area 7as defined in section             
#ahhf7;d77#b77;,d774  4