[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1023 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1023

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 12, 1999

  Mr. Moynihan (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Helms, Mr. 
  Kerry, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. 
   Kerrey, Mr. Levin, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Specter, Mr. Cleland, and Mr. 
   Edwards) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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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 of 1999''.

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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