[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1776 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 178
111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1776

  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the 
 update under the Medicare physician fee schedule for years beginning 
with 2010 and to sunset the application of the sustainable growth rate 
                    formula, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 13, 2009

 Ms. Stabenow introduced the following bill; which was read the first 
                                  time

                            October 14, 2009

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the 
 update under the Medicare physician fee schedule for years beginning 
with 2010 and to sunset the application of the sustainable growth rate 
                    formula, 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 Physician Fairness Act of 
2009''.

SEC. 2. MEDICARE PHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE UPDATE FOR YEARS BEGINNING WITH 
              2010.

    (a) Update.--Section 1848(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395w-4(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(10) Update for 2010 and subsequent years.--The update to 
        the single conversion factor established in paragraph (1)(C) 
        for 2010 and each subsequent year shall be 0 percent.''.
    (b) Conforming Sunset of Sustainable Growth Rate.--Section 
1848(f)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4(f)(1)(B)) 
is amended by inserting ``(ending with 2008)'' after ``each succeeding 
year''.
                                                       Calendar No. 178

111th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1776

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the 
 update under the Medicare physician fee schedule for years beginning 
with 2010 and to sunset the application of the sustainable growth rate 
                    formula, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            October 14, 2009

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar