[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1232 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1232

   To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to waive the 
application to the District of Columbia Chartered Health Plan, Inc., of 
the requirement under title XIX of the Social Security Act that limits 
 the maximum number of individuals enrolled with a health maintenance 
 organization who may be beneficiaries under the medicare or medicaid 
                               programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 4, 1993

    Ms. Norton (for herself, Mr. Ford of Tennessee, and Mr. Towns) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to waive the 
application to the District of Columbia Chartered Health Plan, Inc., of 
the requirement under title XIX of the Social Security Act that limits 
 the maximum number of individuals enrolled with a health maintenance 
 organization who may be beneficiaries under the medicare or medicaid 
                               programs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. WAIVER OF APPLICATION OF MEDICAID ENROLLMENT MIX REQUIREMENT 
              TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHARTERED HEALTH PLAN, INC.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
retroactively waive the application of the requirement described in 
section 1903(m)(2)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act to the entity 
known as the District of Columbia Chartered Health Plan, Inc., for the 
period described in section 2, if the Secretary determines that the 
entity is making continuous efforts and progress toward achieving 
compliance with such requirement.
    (b) Period of Applicability.--The period referred to in subsection 
(a) is the period that begins on October 1, 1992, and ends on January 
31, 1994.

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