[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2921 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2921

   To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an 
annual review by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission on geographic 
                          access to services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 17, 2009

Mr. Blumenauer 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 title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an 
annual review by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission on geographic 
                          access to services.

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

SECTION 1. MEDPAC ANNUAL REVIEW OF GEOGRAPHIC ACCESS.

    Section 1805(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395b-
6(b)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (C);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (D); 
        and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(E) by not later than July 15 of each year 
                (beginning with 2010), submit a report to Congress 
                containing an evaluation, by Medicare administrative 
                contractor area, of access to care, quality of care, 
                increases or decreases in volume of services among such 
                areas and the potential effects of the Commission's 
                most recent policy recommendations under subparagraphs 
                (B) through (D) on access to care in such areas.''.
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