Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Save Our Lone Emergency Services Act or the SOLES Act.
Section 2. Treatment of sole community hospitals located in a noncontiguous State under hospital outpatient prospective payment system
Section 1833(t)(7)(D) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l) is amended by adding at the end the following new clause:
(iii) Treatment of sole community hospitals located in a noncontiguous State
In the case of a sole community hospital (as defined in section 1886(d)(5)(D)(iii)) that is located in a noncontiguous State, for covered OPD services furnished on or after January 1, 2025, for which the PPS amount is less than the pre-BBA amount, the amount of payment under this subsection shall be increased by 94 percent of the amount of such difference.