[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 1307 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1307

   To include Medicare provider payments in the Federal Payment Levy 
  Program, to require the Department of Health and Human Services to 
   offset Medicare provider payments by the amount of the provider's 
            delinquent Federal debt, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 3, 2007

Mr. Coleman (for himself, Mr. Levin, and Mrs. McCaskill) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                                Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
   To include Medicare provider payments in the Federal Payment Levy 
  Program, to require the Department of Health and Human Services to 
   offset Medicare provider payments by the amount of the provider's 
            delinquent Federal debt, 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 ``Medicare Provider Accountability 
Act''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF MEDICARE PROVIDER PAYMENTS IN FEDERAL PAYMENT LEVY 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 
shall take all necessary steps to participate in the Federal Payment 
Levy Program under section 6331(h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
as soon as possible and shall ensure that--
            (1) at least 50 percent of all payments under parts A and B 
        of title XVIII of the Social Security Act are processed through 
        such program within one year of the date of enactment of this 
        Act, and
            (2) all remaining payments under such parts A and B are 
        processed through such program within two years of such date.
    (b) Assistance.--The Financial Management Service and the Internal 
Revenue Service shall provide assistance to the Centers for Medicare 
and Medicaid Services to ensure that all payments described in 
subsection (a) are included in the Federal Payment Levy Program by the 
deadlines specified in that subsection.

SEC. 3. APPLICATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFSET PROVISIONS TO MEDICARE 
              PROVIDER PAYMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 3716 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by inserting ``the Department of Health and Human 
        Services,'' after ``United States Postal Service,'' in 
        subsection (c)(1)(A), and
            (2) by adding at the end of subsection (c)(3) the following 
        new subparagraph:
                    ``(D) This section shall apply to claims or debts, 
                and to amounts payable, under title XVIII of the Social 
                Security Act.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to payments made after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. STREAMLINING TAX LEVIES ON FEDERAL PAYMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 6330(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (relating to jeopardy and State refund collection) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (1),
            (2) by striking the comma at the end of paragraph (2) and 
        inserting ``; or'',
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(3) the Secretary has approved a levy, including a 
        continuing levy under section 6331(h), on specified payments, 
        as defined in section 6331(h)(2),'', and
            (4) by striking the heading and inserting ``Jeopardy, State 
        Refund, and Collection From Federal Payments''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to levies made after the date of enactment of this Act.
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