[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3239 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3239

   To repeal unwarranted provisions from the Patient Protection and 
  Affordable Care Act and to more efficiently use taxpayer dollars in 
                         health care spending.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 21, 2010

 Mr. Feingold introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
   To repeal unwarranted provisions from the Patient Protection and 
  Affordable Care Act and to more efficiently use taxpayer dollars in 
                         health care spending.

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

SECTION 1. REPEALS.

    (a) Repeal of Provision That Provides for an Increase in Medicare 
Reimbursement Primarily for Hospitals in Connecticut and Michigan.--
Section 3137(a) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
(Public Law 111-148), as amended by section 10317 of such Act, is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by striking ``fiscal year 2010'' and all that 
                follows through ``for purposes of implementation of the 
                amendment'' and inserting ``fiscal year 2010.--For 
                purposes of implementation of the amendment''; and
                    (B) by striking subparagraph (B); and
            (2) by striking paragraph (3).
    (b) Repeal of the Provision Granting Medicare Coverage for 
Individuals Exposed to Environmental Hazards in Libby, Montana.--
Section 10323 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public 
Law 111-148) Act (and the amendments made by such section) is repealed.
    (c) Repeal of Provision That Provides for an Increase in Medicare 
Reimbursement for Frontier States.--Section 10324 of the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148) (and the 
amendments made by such section) is repealed.
    (d) Repeal of Hospital Finding Provisions.--Section 10502 of the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148) is 
repealed.
    (e) Reduction of Special Adjustment to FMAP for States Recovering 
From a Major Disaster.--Section 1905(aa)(1) of the Social Security Act, 
as added by section 2006 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
Act (Public Law 111-148), is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``50 percent'' and 
        inserting ``25 percent''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``25 percent'' and 
        inserting ``12.5 percent''.
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