[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1730 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1730

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure proportional 
  representation of rural interests on the Medicare Payment Advisory 
                              Commission.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 28, 2007

Mr. Walden of Oregon (for himself, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Graves, Mr. Allen, 
Mr. Boyd of Florida, Mr. Paul, Mr. Edwards, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Ms. 
   Herseth, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Simpson, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. 
     Herger, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Terry, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Forbes, Mr. 
Etheridge, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Kind, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mr. Moran 
  of Kansas, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Rehberg, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Pickering, Mr. 
 Loebsack, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Renzi, Mr. Peterson 
 of Pennsylvania, Mr. McIntyre, Mrs. Boyda of Kansas, Mrs. Capito, Mr. 
Manzullo, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Welch of Vermont, Mr. Berry, 
 Mr. Hare, Mr. Ross, Mr. Latham, Mr. Boren, Mr. Boswell, and Mr. Udall 
of New Mexico) 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 ensure proportional 
  representation of rural interests on the Medicare Payment Advisory 
                              Commission.

    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 ``MedPAC Rural Representation Act''.

SEC. 2. ENSURING PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION OF INTERESTS OF RURAL 
              AREAS ON MEDPAC.

    (a) In General.--Section 1805(c)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395b-6(c)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``consistent with 
        subparagraph (E)'' after ``rural representatives''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(E) Proportional representation of interests of 
                rural areas.--In order to provide a balance between 
                urban and rural representatives under subparagraph (A), 
                the proportion of members of the Commission who 
                represent the interests of health care providers and 
                Medicare beneficiaries located in rural areas shall be 
                no less than the proportion of the total number of 
                Medicare beneficiaries who reside in rural areas.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to appointments to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission made 
after the date of enactment of this Act.
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