A bill to provide for the reclassification of certain counties for purposes of reimbursement under the medicare program.

Deems hospitals in Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Sevier, and Union Counties, Tennessee, to be located in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metropolitan Statistical Area, effective for discharges occurring during FY 2002 through 2004, for purposes of disproportionate share payments and reimbursement of inpatient hospital services of a rehabilitation facility under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA).