[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3800 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3800

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend for 1 year the 
 qualified individual (QI) program of Medicare cost-sharing assistance 
                 to low-income Medicare beneficiaries.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 15, 2005

Mr. Kucinich (for himself and Mr. LaTourette) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend for 1 year the 
 qualified individual (QI) program of Medicare cost-sharing assistance 
                 to low-income Medicare beneficiaries.

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

SECTION 1. 1 YEAR EXTENSION OF MEDICAID QI PROGRAM.

    (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 by striking ``September 
2005'' and inserting ``September 2006''.
    (b) Total Amount Available for Allocation.--Section 1933(g)(2) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396u-3(g)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (B);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (C) 
        and inserting a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
                    ``(D) for the period that begins on October 1, 
                2005, and ends on December 31, 2005, the total 
                allocation amount is $100,000,000; and
                    ``(E) for the period that begins on January 1, 
                2006, and ends on September 30, 2006, the total 
                allocation amount is $300,000,000.''.
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