[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2781 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2781

  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase the per 
 resident payment floor for direct graduate medical education payments 
                      under the Medicare program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 13, 2008

  Ms. Stabenow (for herself and Mr. Bunning) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase the per 
 resident payment floor for direct graduate medical education payments 
                      under the Medicare program.

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

SECTION 1. INCREASING TO 100 PERCENT OF THE LOCALITY ADJUSTED NATIONAL 
              AVERAGE PER RESIDENT AMOUNT THE PAYMENT FLOOR FOR DIRECT 
              GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PAYMENTS UNDER THE MEDICARE 
              PROGRAM.

    Section 1886(h)(2)(D)(iii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395ww(h)(2)(D)(iii)) is amended by striking ``and for the cost 
reporting period beginning during fiscal year 2002 shall not be less 
than 85 percent'' and inserting ``, for cost reporting periods 
beginning during or after fiscal year 2002 (and before fiscal year 
2009) shall not be less than 85 percent, for the cost reporting period 
beginning during fiscal year 2009 shall not be less than 90 percent, 
for the cost reporting period beginning during fiscal year 2010 shall 
not be less than 95 percent, and for cost reporting periods beginning 
during or after fiscal year 2011 shall not be less than 100 percent.''.
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