[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1025 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1025

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure the proper 
payment of approved nursing and allied health education programs under 
                         the Medicare Program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 12, 1999

 Mr. Moynihan (for himself, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Santorum, Mr. 
 Durbin, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Specter, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Baucus, 
Mr. Chafee, Mr. Kerrey, and Mr. Cleland) 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 ensure the proper 
payment of approved nursing and allied health education programs 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Nursing and Allied Health Payment 
Improvement Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH EDUCATION COSTS IN 
              CALCULATING MEDICARE+CHOICE PAYMENT RATE.

    (a) Excluding Costs in Calculating Payment Rate.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1853(c)(3)(C)(i) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-23(c)(3)(C)(i)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subclause 
                (I);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of subclause 
                (II) and inserting ``, and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subclause:
                                    ``(III) for costs attributable to 
                                approved nursing and allied health 
                                education programs under section 
                                1861(v).''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) 
        apply in determining the annual per capita rate of payment for 
        years beginning with 2001.
    (b) Payment to Hospitals of Nursing and Allied Health Education 
Program Costs for Medicare+Choice Enrollees.--Section 1861(v)(1) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(v)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph:
    ``(V) In determining the amount of payment to a hospital for 
portions of cost reporting periods occurring on or after January 1, 
2001, with respect to the reasonable costs for approved nursing and 
allied health education programs, individuals who are enrolled with a 
Medicare+Choice organization under part C shall be treated as if they 
were not so enrolled.''.
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