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<item congress="113" measure-type="s" measure-number="1723" measure-id="id113s1723" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2013-11-19" update-date="2014-04-18">
<title>No Obamacare Kickbacks Act of 2013</title>
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<action-date>2013-11-19</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>No Obamacare Kickbacks Act of 2013 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act, with respect to criminal penalties for acts involving federal health care programs, to include any plan or program established or funded under subtitles D (Available Coverage Choices for All Americans) or E (Affordable Coverage Choices for All Americans) of title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.</p> <p>Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Comptroller General (GAO) to jointly study, and report to Congress on, the effect of applying the anti-kickback laws and other prohibitions involving federal health care programs to qualified health plans, federally-facilitated marketplaces, state health care exchanges, and any other plan or program established or funded under the provisions described above.</p>]]></summary-text>
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