[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2437 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2437

  To provide for a waiver for the State of New York of certain health 
              care provider tax provisions under Medicaid.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 9, 1997

Mr. Gilman (for himself and Mr. Rangel) introduced the following bill; 
            which was referred to the Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for a waiver for the State of New York of certain health 
              care provider tax provisions under Medicaid.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, taxes, fees, or assessments, as defined in 
section 1903(w)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396b(w)(3)(A)), that were collected by the State of New York from a 
health care provider before June 1, 1997, and for which a waiver of the 
provisions of subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 1903(w)(3) of such Act 
has been applied for, or that would, but for this Act require that such 
a waiver be applied for, in accordance with subparagraph (E) of such 
section, and, (if so applied for) upon which action by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services (including any judicial review of any such 
proceeding) has not been completed as of July 23, 1997, are deemed to 
be permissible health care related taxes and in compliance with the 
requirements of subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 1903(w)(3) of such 
Act.
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