[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 216 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 216

    To amend section 1128B of the Social Security Act to repeal the 
   criminal penalty for fraudulent disposition of assets in order to 
 obtain medicaid benefits added by section 217 of the Health Insurance 
              Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

 Mr. LaTourette (for himself, Mr. Green, and Mr. LoBiondo) 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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend section 1128B of the Social Security Act to repeal the 
   criminal penalty for fraudulent disposition of assets in order to 
 obtain medicaid benefits added by section 217 of the Health Insurance 
              Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.

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

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR FRAUDULENT DISPOSITION OF 
              ASSETS IN ORDER TO OBTAIN MEDICAID BENEFITS.

    Effective as if included in the enactment of the Health Insurance 
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, section 1128B(a) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7b(a)), as amended by section 217 
of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, is 
amended--
            (1) by adding ``or'' at the end of paragraph (4);
            (2) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (5) and 
        inserting a period; and
            (3) by striking paragraph (6).
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