[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3964 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3964

 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 California.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 2004

 Mr. Stark (for himself, Mr. Waxman, Mr. George Miller of California, 
    Mr. Matsui, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Berman, Ms. Pelosi, Ms. Waters, Mr. 
  Becerra, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Filner, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. 
Farr, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. Sherman, Mrs. Capps, Ms. 
  Lee, Mr. Baca, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Honda, Mr. Schiff, Ms. 
 Solis, Ms. Watson, and Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California) 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 California.

    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 CALIFORNIA.

    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 california.--No part of the MSA is 
                in California.''.
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