[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2668 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2668

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove the sunset 
 and numerical limitation on Medicare participation in Medicare+Choice 
                  medical savings account (MSA) plans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 9, 1997

  Mr. Salmon (for himself, Mr. Stump, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. 
 Goss, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Foley, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Paul, Mr. 
McCrery, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Royce, Mr. Pappas, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Ensign, 
   Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Talent, Mr. Hastert, Mr. Sensenbrenner, and Mr. 
   Souder) 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 committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove the sunset 
 and numerical limitation on Medicare participation in Medicare+Choice 
                  medical savings account (MSA) plans.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Medical Savings Account 
(MSA) Expansion Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF SUNSET AND NUMERICAL LIMITATION ON PARTICIPATION IN 
              MEDICARE+CHOICE MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNT (MSA) PLANS.

    Section 1851(b)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-
21(b)(4)), as added by section 4001 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, 
is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking the first sentence; 
        and
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the second sentence.
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