Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Patient Accessibility and Access To Community Healthcare Act” or the “PAATCH Act”.
Patient Accessibility and Access To Community Healthcare Act
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve sole community hospital determinations made by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Preservation of sole community hospital determinations made by the Secretary of Health and Human Services
Section 1886(d)(5)(D)(iii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(D)(iii)) is amended—
in subclause (II), by striking at the end “or”;
in subclause (III), by striking the period at the end and inserting “, or”; and
by adding at the end the following new subclause:
“(IV) for the 10-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this subclause, that met either of the requirements specified in subclauses (I) through (III) (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this subclause) on or before March 13, 2020.”