[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 194 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  1st Session
                                 S. 194

 To repeal the Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 11 (legislative day, January 10), 1995

Mr. McCain (for himself, Mr. Hollings, Mr. Craig, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Helms, 
Mr. Robb, Mr. McConnell, and Mr. Coats) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To repeal the Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank, 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. REPEAL OF MEDICARE AND MEDICAID COVERAGE DATA BANK.

    (a) Repeal.--
            (1) In general.--Section 13581 of the Omnibus Budget 
        Reconciliation Act of 1993 is hereby repealed.
            (2) Application of the social security act.--The Social 
        Security Act shall be applied and administered as if section 
        13581 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (and the 
        amendments made by such section) had not been enacted.
    (b) Study and Report.--
            (1) Study.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
        (hereafter in this subsection referred to as the ``Secretary'') 
        shall conduct a study on how to achieve the objectives of the 
        data bank described in section 1144 of the Social Security Act 
        (as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 
        this Act) in the most cost-effective manner, taking into 
        account--
                    (A) the administrative burden of such data bank on 
                private sector entities and governments,
                    (B) the possible duplicative reporting requirements 
                of the Health Care Financing Administration in effect 
                on such date of enactment, and
                    (C) the legal ability of such entities and 
                governments to acquire the required information.
            (2) Report.--The Secretary shall report to the Congress on 
        the results of the study described in paragraph (1) by not 
        later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
        Act.
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