[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6427 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6427

   To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an 
     update under the Medicare physician fee schedule through 2011.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 18, 2010

  Mr. Dingell (for himself, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Levin, Mr. Stark, and Mr. 
   Pallone) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on 
    Ways and Means and the Budget, 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 
     update under the Medicare physician fee schedule through 2011.

    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 Physician Payment Update 
Extension Act''.

SEC. 2. MEDICARE PHYSICIAN PAYMENT UPDATE THROUGH 2011.

    (a) Update for December of 2010.--Section 1848(d)(11) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4(d)(11)) is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by striking ``November'' and inserting 
        ``December'';
            (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``November 30'' and 
        inserting ``December 31''; and
            (3) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``for the period 
        beginning on December 1, 2010, and ending on December 31, 2010, 
        and''.
    (b) Update for 2011.--Section 1848(d) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-
4(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(12) Update for 2011.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to paragraphs (7)(B), 
                (8)(B), (9)(B), (10)(B), and (11)(B), in lieu of the 
                update to the single conversion factor established in 
                paragraph (1)(C) that would otherwise apply for 2011, 
                the update to the single conversion factor shall be 1 
                percent.
                    ``(B) No effect on computation of conversion factor 
                for 2012 and subsequent years.--The conversion factor 
                under this subsection shall be computed under paragraph 
                (1)(A) for 2012 and subsequent years as if subparagraph 
                (A) had never applied.''.

SEC. 3. PAYGO COMPLIANCE.

    The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by 
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional 
Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that 
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.
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