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H.R. 1920: DSH Reduction Relief Act of 2013

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H.R. 1920: DSH Reduction Relief Act of 2013

113th Congress · introduced 2013-05-09 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-05-09 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

DSH Reduction Relief Act of 2013

Plain summary

DSH Reduction Relief Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to delay from FY2014 to FY2016 commencement of the period during which the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) is required to pay to any "subsection (d) hospital": (1) 25% of the amount of the disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payment that would otherwise be made to it for the fiscal year, plus (2) an additional payment amount according to a specified formula. (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.) Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to delay from the beginning of FY2014 until the beginning of FY2016 (and so eliminate for FY2014 and FY2015) aggregate reductions in DSH allotments for all states.

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Official text

DSH Reduction Relief Act of 2013

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] · 91 cosponsors

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Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Jim Costa (D-CA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), William R. Keating (D-MA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Peter Welch (D-VT), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA) and 31 more.

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Words on this page, explained (2)
Fiscal year
The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.
Securities
Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr1920 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113