[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 136 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 136

    To amend title 44, United States Code, to provide for improved 
   identification and assessment of the paperwork burden imposed on 
 beneficiaries of health care services and providers of such services, 
            and to provide for the reduction of such burden.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

 Mr. Combest introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on Government Operations

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 44, United States Code, to provide for improved 
   identification and assessment of the paperwork burden imposed on 
 beneficiaries of health care services and providers of such services, 
            and to provide for the reduction of such burden.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Paperwork Reduction in Health Care 
Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION, ASSESSMENT, AND REDUCTION OF PAPERWORK BURDEN 
              ASSOCIATED WITH HEALTH CARE SERVICES.

    Section 3505 of title 44, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (5);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (6) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) within 6 months after the date of the enactment of 
        the Paperwork Reduction in Health Care Act of 1993, in 
        consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
        shall--
                    ``(A) identify, inventory, and assess the burden of 
                federally conducted or sponsored information collection 
                requests associated with the delivery of health care 
                services; and
                    ``(B) for each of the fiscal years 1994, 1995, 
                1996, and 1997, establish a goal for reducing the 
                burden described in subparagraph (A) existing at the 
                end of the preceding fiscal year by not less than 5 
                percent through more effective use of information 
                resources management, regulatory flexibility, and other 
                means.''.

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