[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6819 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6819

 To amend the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 
  2008 to eliminate certain inappropriate changes in law made to the 
                      Medicare Advantage program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 1, 2008

 Mr. McCarthy of California (for himself, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, 
and Mr. Nunes) 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 the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 
  2008 to eliminate certain inappropriate changes in law made to the 
                      Medicare Advantage program.

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

SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF INAPPROPRIATE MIPPA CHANGES RELATING TO THE 
              MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PROGRAM.

    The following provisions of the Medicare Improvements for Patients 
and Providers Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-275) are repealed and the 
provisions of law amended by such following provisions are restored as 
if such following provisions had not been enacted:
            (1) Section 162 (relating to revisions to requirements for 
        Medicare Advantage).
            (2) Section 164 (relating to revisions relating to 
        specialized Medicare Advantage plans for special needs 
        individuals), other than subsection (a).
            (3) Section 165 (relating to limitation on out-of-pocket 
        costs for dual eligibles and qualified medicare beneficiaries 
        enrolled in a specialized Medicare Advantage plan for special 
        needs individuals).
            (4) Section 167 (relating to access to Medicare reasonable 
        cost contract plans), other than subsection (a).
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