[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4365 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4365

To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to repeal the requirement 
that employers report information to the Medicare and Medicaid Coverage 
                               Data Bank.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 5, 1994

 Mr. Pomeroy (for himself, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. Coppersmith, 
  Mr. Hamburg, Mr. Minge, Ms. Shepherd, Mrs. Thurman, and Mr. Pastor) 
   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 amend title XI of the Social Security Act to repeal the requirement 
that employers report information to the Medicare and Medicaid Coverage 
                               Data Bank.

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

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF EMPLOYER REPORTING REQUIREMENT UNDER MEDICARE AND 
              MEDICAID COVERAGE DATA BANK.

    (a) In General.--Section 1144 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1320b-14), as added by section 13581(a) of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1993 (hereafter referred to as ``OBRA-1993''), is 
amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (c); and
            (2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (f) as subsections 
        (c) and (d), respectively.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 1144 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1320b-14) is further amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``and subsection 
        (c)'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``1998--'' and all 
        that follows and inserting the following: ``1998, (subject to 
        the restriction in subparagraph (D)(i) of section 6103(l)(12) 
        of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) to disclose any 
        information in the Data Bank obtained pursuant to such section 
        solely for the purposes of such section.''; and
            (3) in subsection (d) (as redesignated by subsection 
        (a)(2)), by striking paragraphs (3) and (4).

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 1 shall take effect January 1, 1994.

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