Flexibility in Hospital Ownership Act
This bill repeals provisions under the Stark law (i.e., the Physician Self-Referral Law) that (1) require rural providers and physician-owned hospitals to meet certain additional criteria in order to be excepted under the Stark law (e.g., restrictions on facility expansion), and (2) require physicians to provide certain notices to patients in conjunction with referrals for radiology services at group practices in order for such services to be considered excepted in-office ancillary services.
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Obamacare 
        ban on provider-owned hospitals, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Flexibility in Hospital Ownership 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEALING REQUIREMENTS FOR HOSPITALS TO QUALIFY FOR RURAL 
              PROVIDER AND HOSPITAL EXCEPTION TO OWNERSHIP OR 
              INVESTMENT PROHIBITION AND DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR 
              IN-OFFICE ANCILLARY SERVICES EXCEPTION TO SELF-REFERRAL 
              PROHIBITION FOR CERTAIN IMAGING SERVICES.

    Section 1877 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395nn) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(2), in the matter following 
        subparagraph (B), by striking the last sentence;
            (2) in subsection (d)(2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), at the end, by inserting 
                ``and'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), at the end, by striking 
                ``; and'' and inserting a period; and
                    (C) by striking subparagraph (C);
            (3) in subsection (d)(3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), at the end, by inserting 
                ``and'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (C), at the end, by striking 
                ``; and'' and inserting a period; and
                    (C) by striking subparagraph (D); and
            (4) by striking subsection (i).
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Flexibility in Hospital Ownership Act
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Obamacare ban on provider-owned hospitals, and for other purposes.
Flexibility in Hospital Ownership Act
Rep. Spartz, Victoria