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[H.R. 483 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                  Union Calendar No. 49
104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 483

                  [Report No. 104-79, Parts I and II]

  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit medicare 
  select policies to be offered in all States, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 11, 1995

Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut (for herself, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Thomas, Mr. 
   Goss, Mr. Shays, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. Royce, Mr. Archer, Mr. Stump, Mr. 
     Boehlert, Mr. Houghton, Mr. Petri, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. 
   Rohrabacher, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Ms. 
   Woolsey, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Berman, Mr. 
Talent, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Minge, Mr. Dooley, Mr. 
Peterson of Florida, Mr. Porter, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Martinez, Mr. 
Kleczka, Mr. Zimmer, Mr. Baker of California, Mr. Hobson, Mr. Frank of 
Massachusetts, Mr. Moorhead, Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania, Mr. Farr, and Mr. 
  Greenwood) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Commerce and, in addition, to the Committee on Ways and 
 Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

                             March 15, 1995

     Reported from the Committee on Ways and Means with amendments
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

                             April 6, 1995

Additional sponsors: Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. Portman, Mr. Crane, Mr. Barton 
of Texas, Mr. Fields of Texas, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. 
  de la Garza, Mr. Hancock, Ms. Pryce, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Pete Geren of 
  Texas, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mrs. 
Lowey, Mr. Lazio of New York, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Peterson of 
   Minnesota, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. 
 Doyle, Mr. Zeliff, Mr. Dornan, Ms. Danner, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Andrews, Mr. 
   Quillen, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Lightfoot, Mr. Cox of California, Mr. 
   Boucher, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Oxley, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
Schiff, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Gunderson, Mr. Dreier, 
Mr. Roth, Mr. Burr, Mr. McCrery, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Calvert, Mr. McKeon, 
   Mr. Vento, Mr. Bevill, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Hastings of 
Florida, Mr. Baesler, Mr. Jacobs, Mr. Foglietta, Mr. Engel, Mr. Canady 
   of Florida, Mr. Frost, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. 
 Ehlers, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Luther, Mr. 
   Rogers, Ms. Molinari, Mr. Hilliard, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Herger, Mr. 
Hutchinson, Mr. Baker of Louisiana, Mr. Bunning of Kentucky, Mr. Fazio 
  of California, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Moran, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. 
Klug, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Borski, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Kim, Mr. Bilbray, 
   Mr. Lewis of California, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. 
  Bachus, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Williams, Mr. Gordon, Mrs. Chenoweth, Mr. 
                  Ward, Mr. Whitfield, and Mr. Everett

                             April 6, 1995

Reported from the Committee on Commerce with an amendment, committed to 
the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered 
                             to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                           in boldface roman]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 
                               11, 1995]

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit medicare 
  select policies to be offered in all States, 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. PERMITTING MEDICARE SELECT POLICIES TO BE OFFERED IN ALL 
              STATES ON A PERMANENT BASIS.

    Section 4358(c) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, 
as amended by section 172(a) of the Social Security Act Amendments of 
1994, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``and such other States as elect such 
        amendments to apply to them'' after ``Services)'', and
            (2) by striking ``and only during the 3\1/2\-year period 
        beginning with 1992''.

SECTION 1. EXTENDING MEDICARE SELECT POLICIES TO ALL STATES FOR AN 
              ADDITIONAL 5-YEAR PERIOD.

    Section 4358(c) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, 
as amended by section 172(a) of the Social Security Act Amendments of 
1994, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``and those other States that elect them 
        to apply'' after ``15 States (as determined by the Secretary of 
        Health and Human Services)'', and
            (2) by striking ``3\1/2\-year'' and inserting ``8\1/2\-
        year''.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``A Bill to amend section 
        4358 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 to permit 
        medicare select policies to be offered in all States on a 
        permanent basis.''.
                                     

                                                  Union Calendar No. 49

104th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 483

                  [Report No. 104-79, Parts I and II]

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                                 A BILL

  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit medicare 
  select policies to be offered in all States, and for other purposes.

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                             April 6, 1995

Reported from the Committee on Commerce with an amendment, committed to 
the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered 
                             to be printed