[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3653 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3653

   To amend title XI of the Social Security Act and title 18, United 
 States Code, to extend criminal RICO provisions to health care fraud 
 and to extend certain other criminal provisions to health care fraud 
under the CHAMPUS program, the Indian health care program, health care 
 programs for veterans and the Department of Defense, and the Federal 
                     employees health care program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 22, 1993

  Mr. Kolbe (for himself, Mr. Porter, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Dornan, and Mr. 
 Herger) introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to 
           the Committees on Ways and Means and the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title XI of the Social Security Act and title 18, United 
 States Code, to extend criminal RICO provisions to health care fraud 
 and to extend certain other criminal provisions to health care fraud 
under the CHAMPUS program, the Indian health care program, health care 
 programs for veterans and the Department of Defense, and the Federal 
                     employees health care program.

    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 ``Health Care Anti-Fraud Act of 
1993''.

SEC. 2. EXTENDING CRIMINAL RICO PROVISIONS TO CERTAIN HEALTH CARE 
              PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1961(1) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' before ``(E)'', and
            (2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
        following: ``, or (F) any act which is indictable under section 
        1128B of the Social Security Act''.
    (b) No Application of Civil Provisions.--Section 1964 of such title 
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) This section shall not apply with respect to any racketeering 
activity that consists solely of acts described in clause (F) of 
section 1961(1) of this title.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to acts occurring on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.

SEC. 3. EXTENDING MEDICARE CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR HEALTH CARE FRAUD TO 
              OTHER FEDERAL HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1128B of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1320a-7b) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting before the comma at 
        the end the following: ``or another Federal health care program 
        (as defined in subsection (f))'';
            (2) in subsections (a)(5), (b), and (c), by inserting ``or 
        another Federal health care program'' after ``State health care 
        program'' each place it appears; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f) In this section, the term `another Federal health care 
program' means the following:
            ``(1) The program for the provision of medical and dental 
        benefits under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code.
            ``(2) The program for the provision of hospital care and 
        medical services by the Department of Veterans' Affairs under 
        chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code.
            ``(3) The program for the provision of health care services 
        to Native Americans under the Indian Health Care Improvement 
        Act and to Native Hawaiians under the Native Hawaiian Health 
        Care Improvement Act.
            ``(4) The Federal employees health insurance program under 
        chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to 
acts occurring on or after such date.

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