[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 31 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 31

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the reduced 
             medicare payment provision for new providers.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 21 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

  Mr. McCain introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the reduced 
             medicare payment provision for new providers.

    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 ``Medicare Provider Payment Equity Act 
of 1993''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF REDUCED MEDICARE PAYMENT PROVISION FOR NEW PROVIDERS.

    (a) Physicians.--Section 1848(a) (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4(a)) is amended 
by repealing paragraph (4).
    (b) Other Practitioners.--Section 1842(b)(4) (42 U.S.C. 
1395u(b)(4)) is amended by striking subparagraph (F).
    (c) Budget Neutrality.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall provide that in carrying out the amendments made by subsections 
(a) and (b) that payments under section 1848 of the Social Security Act 
are no greater or lesser than what such payments would have been but 
for the provisions of this Act.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) 
shall apply with respect to physicians' services furnished on or after 
January 1, 1993.

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