Establishes a definition of essential health system in statute and related purposes.
This bill amends title XIX of the Social Security Act to define "essential health system" in statute. It specifies that an essential health system is a hospital that meets certain criteria, including being a subsection (d) hospital, a non-Federal governmental or private nonprofit hospital, and meeting specific criteria for providing care to Medicaid and other low-income patients. The designation is effective for five years and subject to redesignation. The bill also mandates the establishment and publication of essential health system index values for each hospital that meets the criteria.
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