[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3841 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3841

 To amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit 
the operation of the Medicare comparative cost adjustment (CCA) program 
                             in New Jersey.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 2004

    Mr. Pallone (for himself, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Holt, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
Rothman, Mr. Pascrell, and Mr. Menendez) introduced the following bill; 
  which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
    addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit 
the operation of the Medicare comparative cost adjustment (CCA) program 
                             in New Jersey.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON OPERATION OF MEDICARE COMPARATIVE COST 
              ADJUSTMENT (CCA) PROGRAM IN NEW JERSEY.

    Section 1860C-1(b)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-
29(b)(2)), as added by section 241(a) of the Medicare Prescription 
Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-173), 
is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) No part in new jersey.--No part of the MSA is 
                in New Jersey.''.
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