[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6394 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6394

To amend the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization 
    Act of 2003 to extend Federal reimbursement of emergency health 
   services furnished to undocumented aliens, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 26, 2008

  Ms. Giffords (for herself, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Hinojosa, Ms. 
Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. Baca, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
  Filner, and Mr. Mitchell) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization 
    Act of 2003 to extend Federal reimbursement of emergency health 
   services furnished to undocumented aliens, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Border Health Care Relief Act of 
2008''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT OF EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICES 
              FURNISHED TO UNDOCUMENTED ALIENS.

    Section 1011(a)(1) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, 
and Modernization Act of 2003 (42 U.S.C. 1395dd note) is amended by 
striking ``2008'' and inserting ``2012''.
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