[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3270 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3270

   To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a 
   modification of medicare billing requirements for certain Indian 
                               providers.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           November 14 (legislative day, September 22), 2000

  Mr. Hatch (for himself, and Mr. Campbell) 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 provide for a 
   modification of medicare billing requirements for certain Indian 
                               providers.

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

SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF MEDICARE BILLING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN 
              INDIAN PROVIDERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1880(a) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395qq(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ``A hospital or a freestanding ambulatory care clinic (as 
defined by the Secretary), whether operated by the Indian Health 
Service or by an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as those terms 
are defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act), 
shall be eligible for payments for services for which payment is made 
pursuant to section 1848, notwithstanding sections 1814(c) and 1835(d), 
if and for so long as it meets all of the requirements that are 
applicable generally to such payments, services, hospitals, and 
clinics.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to services furnished on or after January 1, 2001.
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