[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2484 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2484

 To amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to speed up 
    by 1 year the application of risk adjustment factors under the 
                        Medicare+Choice Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 16, 1997

  Mr. Stark introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 
Commerce, 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 committed concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to speed up 
    by 1 year the application of risk adjustment factors under the 
                        Medicare+Choice Program.

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

SECTION 1. ACCELERATION IN APPLICATION OF RISK ADJUSTMENT FACTORS UNDER 
              THE MEDICARE+CHOICE PROGRAM.

    Section 1853(a)(3)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-
23(a)(3)(C)), as inserted by section 4001 of the Balanced Budget Act of 
1997 (Public Law 105-33), is amended by striking ``by no later than 
January 1, 2000'' and inserting ``by no later than January 1, 1999''.
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