[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2230 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2230

    To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit the 
 inclusion in the adjusted community rate for Medicare+Choice plans of 
   costs that would be unallowable under Medicare principles or the 
                    Federal Acquisition Regulation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 15, 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 amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit the 
 inclusion in the adjusted community rate for Medicare+Choice plans of 
   costs that would be unallowable under Medicare principles or the 
                    Federal Acquisition Regulation.

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

SECTION 1. DISALLOWING COSTS THAT ARE UNALLOWABLE UNDER MEDICARE 
              PRINCIPLES OR THE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION IN 
              COMPUTING THE ADJUSTED COMMUNITY RATE FOR MEDICARE+CHOICE 
              PLANS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1854(f) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395w-24(f)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(5) Exclusion of certain costs in determining adjusted 
        community rate.--In determining the adjusted community rate for 
        an organization, there shall not be included any costs of the 
        organization which would not be allowable costs under cost-
        reimbursement principles applied under this title or under the 
        Federal Acquisition Regulation. Specifically, in carrying out 
        this paragraph, the Secretary shall not permit inclusion of 
        costs of lobbying, political contributions, or communications 
        with plan members to urge them to lobby or to carry out other 
        political activities.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
to determinations of adjusted community rates made after June 15, 1999.
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