[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3014 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3014

To amend the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to 
  expand the number of county operated health insuring organizations 
              authorized to enroll Medicaid beneficiaries.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 9, 1997

  Mr. Radanovich (for himself, Mr. Bilbray, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Miller of 
California, Mr. Rogan, Mr. Lewis of California, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Pombo, 
 and Mr. Farr of California) introduced the following bill; which was 
                 referred to the Committee on Commerce

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to 
  expand the number of county operated health insuring organizations 
              authorized to enroll Medicaid beneficiaries.

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

SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF AUTHORIZED NUMBER OF MEDICAID COUNTY ORGANIZED 
              HEALTH INSURING ORGANIZATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 9517(c)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus 
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (42 U.S.C. 1396b note), as added by 
section 4734 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``up to 3'' and 
        inserting ``up to 7'', and
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``10 percent'' and 
        inserting ``20 percent''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall be 
effective as if included in the enactment of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1990.
                                 <all>