The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 6204 in the PDF
What the document says
“is amended by striking "September 30, 2025" and inserting "January 30, 2026".”
The section amends section 1866G(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395cc-7(a)(1)). The waiver began during the coronavirus emergency and has been carried forward in short steps since. This is one more such step, ending on the same day as the funding in division A.
What the document actually says
“is amended by striking "September 30, 2025" and inserting "January 30, 2026".”
That sentence, in plain words
One date in the law is taken out. A later one is put in.
What this is about
A hospital can send some patients home and still treat them there. Medicare pays for it under this rule. The rule now lasts a bit longer.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.
The one thing the section does: move the date in section 1866G(a)(1) of the Social Security Act.
Nothing else. The section is one sentence.
The section works by amending the Social Security Act. That law is not indexed here, so this file does not say what a hospital must do to use the waiver.
