[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4095 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4095

 To repeal the Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 21, 1994

 Mrs. Fowler introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly 
      to the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To repeal the Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF MEDICARE AND MEDICAID COVERAGE DATA BANK.

    (a) In General.--Effective January 1, 1994, section 13581 of the 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 is hereby repealed, and any 
provision of law amended by such section is restored, and shall be 
applied and administered, as if such section had not been enacted into 
law.
    (b) Study and Report.--
            (1) Study.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
        shall conduct a study on how to achieve the objectives of the 
        Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank described in section 
        1144 of the Social Security Act (as in effect on the day before 
        the date of the enactment of this Act) in the most cost-
        effective manner, taking into account--
                    (A) the administrative burden of such Data Bank on 
                private sector entities and governments,
                    (B) the possible duplicative reporting requirements 
                of the Health Care Financing Administration in effect 
                on such date of enactment, and
                    (C) the legal ability of such entities and 
                governments to acquire the required information.
            (2) Report.--The Secretary shall report to Congress on the 
        results of the study described in paragraph (1) by not later 
        than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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