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).