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<title>Quality Improvement Organization Program Restoration Act</title>
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<action-date>2013-02-25</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Quality Improvement Organization Program Restoration Act - Amends the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 to repeal its revisions to requirements for contracts with Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs).</p> <p>Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to specify expenditures or funding for: (1) 3-year QIO contracts for contract periods beginning on or after August 1, 2014, and ending on or before July 31, 2021, but with a certain reduction in aggregate funds payable after October 1, 2014; and (2) contracts with utilization and quality control peer review organizations for any contract period beginning on or after August 1, 2014.</p>]]></summary-text>
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