[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1983 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1983

     To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to clarify the 
  availability of Medicaid payment for childhood vaccine replacement 
                               programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 5, 1993

  Ms. Byrne (for herself, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Hinchey, and Mr. Hastings) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to clarify the 
  availability of Medicaid payment for childhood vaccine replacement 
                               programs.

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

SECTION 1. AVAILABILITY OF MEDICAID PAYMENTS FOR CHILDHOOD VACCINE 
              REPLACEMENT PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1902(a)(32) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396a(a)(32)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (B),
            (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (C) 
        and inserting ``; and'', and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(D) in the case of payment for a childhood 
                vaccine administered to individuals entitled to medical 
                assistance under the State plan, the State plan may 
                make payment directly to the manufacturer of the 
                vaccine under a voluntary replacement program agreed to 
                by the State pursuant to which the manufacturer (i) 
                supplies doses of the vaccine to providers 
                administering the vaccine, (ii) periodically replaces 
                the supply of the vaccine, and (iii) charges the State 
                the manufacturer's bid price to the Centers for Disease 
                Control for the vaccine so administered plus a 
                reasonable premium to cover shipping and the handling 
                of returns;''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

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