[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3284 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3284

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt pharmacists 
   licensed under State law from surety bond requirements under the 
                           Medicare Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 1998

  Mr. Berry (for himself, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Condit, Mr. Goode, and Mr. 
Davis of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and 
 Means, 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 exempt pharmacists 
   licensed under State law from surety bond requirements under the 
                           Medicare Program.

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

SECTION 1. EXEMPTION OF LICENSED PHARMACISTS FROM SURETY BOND 
              REQUIREMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 1834(a)(16) of the Social Security Act, as 
inserted by subsections (a) and (c) of section 4312 of the Balanced 
Budget Act of 1997, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ``The requirement of a bond under subparagraph (B) shall not 
apply if the supplier is a pharmacy licensed under State law for which 
the individual signing the supplier application is a pharmacist 
licensed under State law who has the authority to bind the business 
entity.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) takes 
effect as if included in the enactment of the Balanced Budget Act of 
1997 (Public Law 105-33).
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