[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2173 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2173

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove the sunset 
 and numerical limitation on Medicare participation in Medicare+Choice 
                  medical savings account (MSA) plans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 10, 1999

  Mr. Salmon (for himself, Mr. Baker, Mr. Graham, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. 
 Stump, Mr. Paul, Mr. Goss, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Royce, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. 
 Souder, Mr. Cooksey, Mr. Coburn, Mr. McCrery, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Foley, 
Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Sensenbrenner, and 
 Mr. Calvert) 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 remove the sunset 
 and numerical limitation on Medicare participation in Medicare+Choice 
                  medical savings account (MSA) plans.

    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 Medical Savings Account 
(MSA) Expansion Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF SUNSET AND NUMERICAL LIMITATION ON PARTICIPATION IN 
              MEDICARE+CHOICE MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNT (MSA) PLANS.

    Section 1851(b)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-
21(b)(4)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking the first sentence; 
        and
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the second sentence.
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