[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3842 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3842

 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 York.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 2004

Ms. Slaughter (for herself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Bishop of New 
York, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Engel, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Israel, Mrs. Lowey, Mrs. 
Maloney, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Meeks of New York, 
 Mr. Nadler, Mr. Owens, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Towns, Ms. Velazquez, and Mr. 
   Weiner) 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 York.

    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 YORK.

    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 york.--No part of the MSA is 
                in New York.''.
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