[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2971 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2971

  To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require States to 
        report data on Medicaid beneficiaries who are employed.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 10, 2007

  Mr. Weiner 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 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--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (69);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (70) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (70) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(71) 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 2008 and each subsequent year.
    (c) Initial Report.--Not later than July 1, 2008, 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)(71) 
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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