[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4022 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4022

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the Medicare 
 payment for general overhead costs of transplant centers in acquiring 
      organs for transplant from organ procurement organizations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 4, 1996

  Mr. Stark introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the Medicare 
 payment for general overhead costs of transplant centers in acquiring 
      organs for transplant from organ procurement organizations.

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

SECTION 1. REDUCTION IN MEDICARE PAYMENT TO TRANSPLANT CENTERS FOR 
              GENERAL OVERHEAD COSTS OTHERWISE ALLOCATED TO ORGAN 
              PROCUREMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 1861(v)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395x(v)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
    ``(T) In determining such reasonable costs, of a hospital that is a 
transplant center, for the acquisition of organs for transplant 
purposes from an organ procurement organization, no administrative and 
general service costs of the hospital (other than overhead directly 
attributable to acquiring such organs) may be allocated to the cost 
center for the costs of acquiring such organs.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 1997.
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