[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1280 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1280

 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

                             March 14, 2005

 Mr. Gene Green of Texas (for himself 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)) 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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