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<item congress="113" measure-type="s" measure-number="2731" measure-id="id113s2731" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2014-07-31" update-date="2014-09-09">
<title>A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the application of Medicare secondary payer rules to certain workers' compensation settlement agreements and qualified Medicare set-aside provisions.</title>
<summary summary-id="id113s2731v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2014-09-09">
<action-date>2014-07-31</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) create an exception to Medicare secondary payer requirements for certain workers' compensation settlement agreements, and (2) provide for the satisfaction of such requirements through use of qualified Medicare set-asides under such agreements.</p>]]></summary-text>
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