[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5500 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5500

  To provide that Members of Congress be made ineligible for coverage 
  under the Federal employees health benefits program, and instead be 
         made eligible for coverage under the Medicare Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 30, 2002

  Mr. Israel introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on 
   Government Reform, Ways and Means, and 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 provide that Members of Congress be made ineligible for coverage 
  under the Federal employees health benefits program, and instead be 
         made eligible for coverage 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 ``What's Good for Seniors is Good for 
the Congress Health Coverage Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. INELIGIBILITY FOR COVERAGE UNDER THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH 
              BENEFITS PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Effective as of the first day of the first year 
beginning at least 3 months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act--
            (1) section 8901 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
        by repealing subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1); and
            (2) except as provided in subsection (b), no individual 
        shall be eligible for any health service or supply (or for any 
        payment or reimbursement therefor) under chapter 89 of such 
        title, if--
                    (A) such service or supply is furnished on or after 
                such first day; and
                    (B) eligibility would be under coverage obtained by 
                a Member of Congress (as defined by section 2106 of 
                such title).
    (b) Temporary Continuation of Coverage.--An individual who, on the 
day before subsection (a) takes effect, is enrolled in a health 
benefits plan under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, by 
virtue of satisfying the provision of law repealed by subsection (a)(1) 
shall, for purposes of sections 8902(g), 8905a, and 8913(c) of such 
title, be treated as if involuntarily separated from Government service 
as the close of such day.

SEC. 3. ELIGIBILITY FOR COVERAGE UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective as of the 
first day of the first year beginning at least 3 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, any individual who is disqualified from 
eligibility for coverage under chapter 89 of title 5, United States 
Code, as a result of the operation of section 2 shall be deemed to be 
described in section 226(a) of the Social Security Act and to meet the 
conditions described in subsection (a)(2) of such section and, thereby, 
to be entitled to benefits under part A, and eligible to enroll under 
part B, of title XVIII of the Social Security Act.
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