[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3861 Introduced in House (IH)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 3861

 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 Texas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 2004

 Mr. Rodriguez (for himself, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. 
Frost, Mr. Turner of Texas, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Bell, Mr. Doggett, 
  Mr. Edwards, Mr. Reyes, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, and Mr. Gonzalez) 
 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 Texas.

    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 TEXAS.

    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 texas.--No part of the MSA is in 
                Texas.''.
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