S. 716: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve care for ventilator-dependent patients.
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S. 716: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve care for ventilator-dependent patients.
111th Congress · introduced 2009-03-26 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2009-03-26 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve care for ventilator-dependent patients.
Plain summary
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to a hospital which provides acute care services to ventilator-dependent patients who are: (1) entitled to benefits under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance); and (2) eligible for medical assistance under a state plan approved under SSA title XIX (Medicaid). Revises ventilator-dependent patient days requirements for the disproportionate patient percentage in the formula for calculation of an additional Medicare payment for each subsection (d) hospital. (Generally, a subsection (d) hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)
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Official text
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve care for ventilator-dependent patients.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · 1 cosponsors
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Words on this page, explained (2)
- Bill
- A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
- Securities
- Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s716.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>
Record fed-us-cong111-s716 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111