[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1680 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1680

    To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify that 
 licensed pharmacists are not subject to the surety bond requirements 
                      under the medicare program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 25, 1998

  Mr. Dorgan (for himself, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Conrad, and Mr. Daschle) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                          Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify that 
 licensed pharmacists are not subject to the 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 
              REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--The last sentence of section 1834(a)(16) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(a)(16)) (as added by section 
4312(c) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33; 111 
Stat. 387)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the 
following: ``, except that the Secretary may not impose a surety bond 
described in subparagraph (B) of that sentence on suppliers that are 
licensed pharmacies for which the person signing the supplier 
application is a licensed pharmacist 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; 111 Stat. 251).
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