[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 77 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 77

    To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require as a 
 condition of participation under the medicare program that hospitals 
       provide parents of newborn children with information and 
              recommendations on childhood immunizations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require as a 
 condition of participation under the medicare program that hospitals 
       provide parents of newborn children with information and 
              recommendations on childhood immunizations.

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

SECTION 1. REQUIRING HOSPITALS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON CHILDHOOD 
              IMMUNIZATIONS AS CONDITION OF PARTICIPATION UNDER 
              MEDICARE.

    (a) In General.--Section 1866(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395cc(a)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (N);
            (2) by striking the semicolon at the end of subparagraph 
        (O) and inserting a comma;
            (3) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (P);
            (4) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (Q) 
        and inserting ``, and''; and
            (5) by inserting after subparagraph (Q) the following new 
        subparagraph:
            ``(R) in the case of hospitals and rural primary care 
        hospitals, to provide written information on generally accepted 
        recommendations for childhood immunizations (including a 
        schedule describing the recommended timing and frequency for 
        such immunizations) to the mother of each child born at the 
        hospital at the time the child is discharged from the 
        hospital.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to agreements with providers of services and the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services under title XVIII of the Social Security Act 
for fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 1993.

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