3.0.0 2603 2019-11-15T21:57:44Z 2019-11-15T21:57:44Z Senate S S 2008-02-07 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-02-07T17:25:19Z 2008-02-07 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2008-02-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001162 Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] Mel Martinez R FL N C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2008-02-07 True C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2008-02-07 True A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2008-02-07 True V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2008-02-07 True D000595 Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] James DeMint R SC W. 2008-02-07 True Health Crime and Law Enforcement Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Health care fraud Law Medical supplies Medicare Sentences (Criminal procedure) Social Welfare Surety and fidelity Health 00 2008-02-07 Introduced in Senate 2008-03-07T20:00:49Z Medicare Fraud Prevention Act of 2008 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) to increase civil money penalties, criminal fines, and prison sentences for fraud and abuse under the SSA title XVIII (Medicare) program.

Amends SSA title XVIII to increase the amount of the surety bond required for suppliers of durable medical equipment (DME).

]]> Medicare Fraud Prevention Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Fraud Prevention Act of 2008 Display Title Medicare Fraud Prevention Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XI and XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide increased civil and criminal penalties for acts involving fraud and abuse under the Medicare program and to increase the amount of the surety bond required for suppliers of durable medical equipment. Introduced in Senate 2008-02-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2603is/xml/BILLS-110s2603is.xml 2008-02-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.