[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1286 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1286

  To require States to report data on medicaid beneficiaries who are 
                               employed.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 22, 2005

  Mr. Kennedy (for himself and Mr. Corzine) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require States to report data on medicaid beneficiaries who are 
                               employed.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Health Care Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. STATE REQUIREMENT TO REPORT DATA ON MEDICAID BENEFICIARIES WHO 
              ARE EMPLOYED.

    (a) Reporting Requirement.--Section 1902(a) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)) is amended in the first sentence--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (66);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (67) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (67) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(68) provide for the annual reporting by the State, using 
        data only from applications by individuals for medical 
        assistance under the State plan, on each employer in the State 
        with 50 or more employees who received medical assistance under 
        this title at any time during the previous year, such reporting 
        to include with respect to the employer (A) the name and 
        address of the employer, (B) the number of employees who 
        receive such medical assistance during the previous year, which 
        may include a separate listing of the numbers of part-time and 
        full-time employees if such data is available, (C) the number 
        of individuals who receive such medical assistance during the 
        previous year who are spouses or dependents of such employees, 
        (D) the cost to the State of providing such medical assistance 
        during the previous year to such employees, spouses, and 
        dependents, and (E) the ratio of employees who receive such 
        medical assistance during the previous year to the total 
        employees in the State during that previous year.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to 2006 and each subsequent year.
    (c) Initial Report.--Not later than July 1, 2006, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services shall provide for an initial mid-year report 
by each State with a State plan approved under title XI or XIX of the 
Social Security Act of the information described in section 1902(a)(68) 
of such Act, as added by subsection (a).
    (d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed 
as superseding requirements for the protection of patient privacy 
provided for under section 264(c) of the Health Insurance Portability 
and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 1320d-2 note), under part C 
of title XI of the Social Security Act, or under any other provision of 
Federal law.
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