To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act with respect to requiring State plans for appropriately responding to the closing of hospitals, and for other purposes.
Hospital Closings Community Relief Act of 1995 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require each State to implement a plan for responding to the diminishment in the availability of health services in an area subject to a hospital closure.
Expresses the sense of the Congress that not less than 60 days before the termination of any service or the closure of any facility, a hospital providing services to any urban, suburban, or rural area should notify the community it serves, its employees, and all appropriate government and health care entities of the action taken.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
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