[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5064 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5064

  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the MA 
     Regional Plan Stabilization Fund and to extend health status 
                              adjustment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 30, 2006

 Mrs. Emerson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy 
    and Commerce, 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 eliminate the MA 
     Regional Plan Stabilization Fund and to extend health status 
                              adjustment.

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

SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF THE MA REGIONAL PLAN STABILIZATION FUND.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (e) of section 1858 of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-27a) is repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1858(f)(1) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395w-27a(f)(1)) is amended by striking ``subject to subsection 
(e),''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of section 221(c) of the 
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 
(Public Law 108-173; 117 Stat. 2181).

SEC. 2. EXTENDING APPLICATION OF BUDGET NEUTRALITY FACTOR IN REFINEMENT 
              OF HEALTH STATUS ADJUSTMENT IN DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF 
              PAYMENTS TO MEDICARE ADVANTAGE ORGANIZATIONS.

    Section 1853(a)(1)(C)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395w-23(a)(1)(C)(ii)), as added by section 5301(b)(2) of the Deficit 
Reduction Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-171), is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by striking ``during phase-out'';
            (2) in the matter before subclause (I), by striking ``For 
        2006 through 2010'' and inserting ``For years beginning with 
        2006''; and
            (3) in subclause (II), by striking ``only for 2008, 2009, 
        and 2010'' and inserting ``beginning with 2008''.
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