[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1519 Introduced in Senate (IS)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1519

 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend medicare cost-
            sharing for qualifying individuals through 2004.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 31 (legislative day, July 21), 2003

 Mr. Bingaman (for himself, Ms. Landrieu, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Kerry, Mrs. 
        Clinton, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Lautenberg, and Ms. Mikulski) 
        introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
        referred to the Committee on FinanceYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend medicare cost-
            sharing for qualifying individuals through 2004.

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

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF MEDICARE COST-SHARING FOR QUALIFYING 
              INDIVIDUALS THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2004.

    (a) In General.--Section 1902(a)(10)(E)(iv) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(E)(iv)) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(iv) subject to sections 1933 and 1905(p)(4), for 
                making medical assistance available (but only for 
                premiums payable with respect to months during the 
                period beginning with January 1998, and ending with 
                December 2004) for medicare cost-sharing described in 
                section 1905(p)(3)(A)(ii) for individuals who would be 
                qualified medicare beneficiaries described in section 
                1905(p)(1) but for the fact that their income exceeds 
                the income level established by the State under section 
                1905(p)(2) and is at least 120 percent, but less than 
                135 percent, of the official poverty line (referred to 
                in such section) for a family of the size involved and 
                who are not otherwise eligible for medical assistance 
                under the State plan;''.
    (b) State Allocations.--Section 1933(c) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1396u-3(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (E)--
                            (i) by striking ``fiscal year 2002'' and 
                        inserting ``each of fiscal years 2002 through 
                        2004''; and
                            (ii) by striking the period and inserting 
                        ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(F) the first quarter of fiscal year 2005 is 
                $100,000,000.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``the 
        sum of'' and all that follows through ``1902(a)(10)(E)(iv)(II) 
        in the State; to'' and inserting ``twice the total number of 
        individuals described in section 1902(a)(10)(E)(iv) in the 
        State; to''.
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