[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 124 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 124

   To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the MA 
                   Regional Plan Stabilization Fund.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 24, 2005

 Mr. Feingold introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the MA 
                   Regional Plan Stabilization Fund.

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

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF MA REGIONAL PLAN STABILIZATION FUND.

    (a) Purpose of Section.--The purpose of this section is to reduce 
the Federal budget deficit and to more efficiently use taxpayer dollars 
in health care spending.
    (b) Repeal of MA Regional Plan Stabilization Fund.--Section 1858 of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-27a) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (e);
            (2) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and (h) as 
        subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively; and
            (3) in subsection (e), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``subject to subsection (e),''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1851(i)(2) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-21(i)(2)), as amended by section 
221(d)(5) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and 
Modernization Act of 2003, is amended by striking ``1858(h)'' and 
inserting ``1858(g)''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of the Medicare Prescription 
Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-173).
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