[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2746 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2746

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure that benefits 
   under part D of such title have no impact on benefits under other 
                           Federal programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 7, 2005

   Mr. Holt 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 title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure that benefits 
   under part D of such title have no impact on benefits under other 
                           Federal programs.

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

SECTION 1. BENEFITS UNDER THE MEDICARE DRUG PROGRAM HAVE NO IMPACT 
              UNDER OTHER FEDERAL PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1860D-42 of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395w-152) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(c) Benefits Have No Impact on Benefits Under Other Federal 
Programs.--Benefits under this part, including the availability of 
negotiated prices under this part and premium and cost-sharing 
subsidies under section 1860D-14, shall not be treated as benefits or 
otherwise taken into account in determining an individual's eligibility 
for, or the amount of benefits under, any other Federal program.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of section 101(a) of the 
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 
(Public Law 108-173; 117 Stat. 2071).
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