H.R. 3288: Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015
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H.R. 3288: Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015
114th Congress · introduced 2015-07-29 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-07-29 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- 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
Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015
Plain summary
Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to alter the method of determining disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments under the Medicare program. (DSH payments compensate hospitals for the higher operating costs they incur in treating a large share of low-income patients.) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must estimate the aggregate amount of payments to be made for each fiscal year; if the estimated amount exceeds $3.3 billion, then each DSH payment shall be made according to its ratio to that limit. CMS must make supplementary DSH payments to certain hospitals located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansa, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, or Wyoming. The bill also amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify provisions related to overpayments made to taxpayers for tax credits under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Under current law, if the advance payments to a taxpayer for premium tax credits under PPACA exceed the allowable credit, the tax imposed shall be increased by the amount of such excess, subject to certain income-based limitations. The bill eliminates these income-based limitations.
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Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24] · 1 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr3288.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>
Record fed-us-cong114-hr3288 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114