[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5089 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5089

  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase the per 
 resident payment floor for direct graduate medical education payments 
                      under the Medicare Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2000

 Mr. Shaw (for himself and Mr. Bachus) 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 increase the per 
 resident payment floor for direct graduate medical education payments 
                      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. INCREASING TO 100 PERCENT OF THE LOCALITY ADJUSTED NATIONAL 
              AVERAGE PER RESIDENT AMOUNT THE PAYMENT FLOOR FOR DIRECT 
              GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PAYMENTS UNDER THE MEDICARE 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 1886(h)(2)(D)(iii) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(h)(2)(D)(iii)) is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by striking ``70 percent'' and 
        inserting ``100 percent''; and
            (2) by striking ``70 percent'' and inserting ``100 
        percent''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) take 
effect as if included in the enactment of section 311(a) of the 
Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 
(113 Stat. 1501A-362), as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(6) of 
Public Law 106-113.
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