HB-6245, As Passed House, November 10, 2004                                 

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                              SUBSTITUTE FOR                                    

                                                                                

                           HOUSE BILL NO. 6245                                  

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Public health code,"                                                       

                                                                                

    (MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 21571.                        

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 21571.  (1) To be a rural hospital and qualify as an                   

                                                                                

2   eligible hospital under the federal medicare rural hospital                 

                                                                                

3   flexibility program, 42 USC 1395i-4, a hospital not located                 

                                                                                

4   outside of a metropolitan statistical area as defined in 42 USC             

                                                                                

5   1395ww shall be located in a city, village, or township with a              

                                                                                

6   population of no more than 10,000 and in a county with a                    

                                                                                

7   population of no more than 110,000.  Population is to be                    

                                                                                

8   determined according to the official 2000 federal decennial                 

                                                                                

9   census.                                                                     

                                                                                

10      (2) A hospital that is determined to be a rural hospital                    

                                                                                

11  under this section may be designated by the department as a                 

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   critical provider to satisfy the eligibility requirements for               

                                                                                

2   certification as a critical access hospital.                                

                                                                                

3       (3) As used in this section, "rural hospital" means a                       

                                                                                

4   hospital that is located outside of a metropolitan statistical              

                                                                                

5   area as defined in 42 USC 1395ww or that satisfies the criteria             

                                                                                

6   established under subsection (1).