[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2114 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2114

  To establish a Medicare administrative fee for submission of paper 
                                claims.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 9, 1999

  Mr. 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 establish a Medicare administrative fee for submission of paper 
                                claims.

    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 ``Medicare Paperless Claims Promotion 
Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF MEDICARE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE FOR SUBMISSION OF 
              PAPER CLAIMS.

    (a) Imposition of Fee.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish (in the form 
of a separate fee or reduction of payment otherwise made under the 
medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act) an 
administrative fee of $1 for the submission of a claim in a paper or 
non-electronic form for items or services for which payment is sought 
under such title.
    (b) Exception Authority.--The Secretary--
            (1) shall waive the imposition of a fee under subsection 
        (a) in cases in which there is no method available for the 
        submission of claims other than in a written form; and
            (2) may waive the imposition of such a fee in such unusual 
        cases as the Secretary finds appropriate.
    (c) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) applies to claims submitted on 
or after January 1, 2003.
    (d) The Secretary shall make available at no charge, public domain 
software to facilitate the filing of electronic forms and claims under 
title XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act.
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