[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6163 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6163

   To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to approve 
   waivers under the Medicaid Program under title XIX of the Social 
   Security Act that are related to State provider taxes that exempt 
                    certain retirement communities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 22, 2010

 Mr. Boozman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to approve 
   waivers under the Medicaid Program under title XIX of the Social 
   Security Act that are related to State provider taxes that exempt 
                    certain retirement communities.

    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 ``Provider Tax Administrative 
Simplification Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. PROVIDER TAX RULE EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN CONTINUING CARE 
              RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES.

    In the case of a State that has a provider tax that does not does 
not apply to continuing care retirement communities or life care 
communities (as such terms are used for purposes of section 1917(g) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396p(g)) that have no beds that are 
certified to provide medical assistance (as such term is defined under 
section 1905(a) of such Act) under title XIX of the Social Security Act 
or that do not provide services for which payment may be made under 
title XIX of the Social Security Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services shall approve a waiver under section 433.68(e)(2)(iii) of 
title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations regardless of whether the 
Secretary determines that the State satisfies the requirements of 
section 433.68(e)(2)(iii)(B) of such title.
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