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S. Rept. 114-107 1 (2015-07-30)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxsay0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP Calendar No. 186 114TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session SENATE 114-107 NOTICE OF OBSERVATION, TREATMENT, AND IMPLICA- TION FOR CARE ELIGIBILITY (NOTICE) ACT OF 2015 JULY 30, 2015.-Ordered to be printed Mr. HATCH, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 1349] The Committee on Finance, to which was referred the bill (S. 1349) to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require hos- pitals to provide certain notifications to individuals classified by such hospitals under observation status rather than admitted as inpatients of such hospitals, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. I. LEGISLATIVE BACKGROUND The Committee on Finance, to which was referred the bill (S. 1349) to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require hos- pitals to provide certain notifications to individuals classified by such hospitals under observation status rather than admitted as inpatients of such hospitals, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. Background and need for legislative action On February 11, 2015, Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and Representative Todd Young (R-IN) introduced H.R. 876, legislation requiring hospitals to notify Medicare beneficiaries, who have been in a hospital for at least 24 hours, if they have been classified by the facility as receiving care under outpatient observation status or if they have been admitted as an inpatient. H.R. 876 was favorably reported by the Committee on Ways and Means on February 26, 49-010

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