[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2725 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2725

To amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the 
      authority to offer private fee-for-service plans under the 
                        Medicare+Choice Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 23, 1997

   M. 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 committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the 
      authority to offer private fee-for-service plans 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. REPEAL OF PRIVATE FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS UNDER 
              MEDICARE+CHOICE PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 1851 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395w-21), as inserted by section 4001 of the Balanced Budget Act of 
1997, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking subparagraph (C); and
            (2) in subsection (d)(4)(A), by striking clause (iv) and by 
        redesignating the succeeding clauses accordingly.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 1852 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-22) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(3), by striking subparagraph 
                (C);
                    (B) in subsection (d), by striking paragraph (4);
                    (C) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by striking ``a 
                Medicare+Choice private fee-for-service plan or'';
                    (D) in subsection (e)(2)(B), by striking 
                ``medicare+choice private fee-for-service plans and'' 
                and ``a Medicare+Choice private fee-for-service plan 
                or'';
                    (E) in subsection (e)(3)(A), by striking ``a 
                Medicare+Choice private fee-for-service plan or'';
                    (F) in subsection (j), by striking paragraph (6); 
                and
                    (G) in subsection (k)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``(a) In 
                        General.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
                        a'' and inserting ``A'', and
                            (ii) by striking paragraph (2).
            (2) Section 1854 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-24) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by striking ``, (3), 
                or (4)'' and inserting ``or (3)'';
                    (B) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (4);
                    (C) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking ``, or, in 
                the case of a Medicare+Choice private fee-for-service 
                plan, the amount filed under subsection 
                (a)(4)(A)(ii)'';
                    (D) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by striking `` or 
                Medicare+Choice private fee-for-service plan'' and ``or 
                (4)(B)''; and
                    (E) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (4).
            (3) Section 1857 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-27) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in subsection (f)(1), by striking `` (or in the 
                case of a Medicare+Choice private fee-for-service plan, 
                if a claim is submitted to such organization by an 
                enrollee)'';
                    (B) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ``(or, in the 
                case of a Medicare+Choice private fee-for-service plan, 
                amounts owed to the enrollees''; and
                    (C) in subsection (g)(1)(F), by striking `` or 
                1852(k)(2)(A)(ii)''.
            (4) Section 1859(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-29(b)) is 
        amended by striking paragraph (2).
            (5) Section 1882(u)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1395ss(u)(1)), as amended by section 4002(b) of the Balanced 
        Budget Act of 1997, is amended by striking ``or a 
        Medicare+Choice private fee-for-service plan''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall be 
effective as if included in the enactment of the Balanced Budget Act of 
1997.
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