[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1785 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1785

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to stabilize indirect 
                  graduate medical education payments.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 12, 1999

  Mr. Rangel 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 stabilize indirect 
                  graduate medical education payments.

    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 ``Graduate Medical Education Payment 
Restoration Act''.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF MULTIYEAR REDUCTION OF INDIRECT GRADUATE MEDICAL 
              EDUCATION PAYMENTS.

    Section 1886(d)(5)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395ww(d)(5)(B)(ii) is amended--
            (1) by adding ``and'' at the end of subclause (II); and
            (2) by striking subclauses (III), (IV), and (V) and 
        inserting the following:
                                    ``(III) on or after October 1, 
                                1998, `c' is equal to 1.6.''
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