[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1517 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1517

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure that medicare 
beneficiaries have continued access under current contracts to managed 
   health care by extending the medicare cost contract program for 3 
                                 years.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 5, 1999

  Mr. Allard 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 that medicare 
beneficiaries have continued access under current contracts to managed 
   health care by extending the medicare cost contract program for 3 
                                 years.

    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 Managed Care Cost Contract 
Extension Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. THREE-YEAR EXTENSION OF MEDICARE MANAGED CARE COST CONTRACTS.

    Section 1876(h)(5)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395mm(h)(5)) is amended by striking ``December 31, 2002'' and 
inserting ``December 31, 2005''.
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