[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2612 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2612

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to assure that Medicare 
beneficiaries have continued access under current contracts to managed 
        health care through the Medicare cost contract program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 24, 2001

Mr. McInnis (for himself, Mr. Nussle, and Mr. Tancredo) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
 and in addition to the Committee on Energy and 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 assure that Medicare 
beneficiaries have continued access under current contracts to managed 
        health care through the Medicare cost contract 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 ``Medicare Managed Care Cost Contract 
Continuation Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. PERMITTING INDEFINITE CONTINUATION OF CURRENT MEDICARE MANAGED 
              CARE COST CONTRACTS.

    Section 1876(h)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395mm(h)(5)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B)--
                    (A) by striking ``Subject to subparagraph (C), 
                the'' and inserting ``The''; and
                    (B) by striking ``if'' and all that follows through 
                ``the Secretary determines'' and inserting ``if the 
                Secretary determines''; and
            (2) by striking subparagraph (C).
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