[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3965 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3965

  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure continued 
  access to Medicare for seniors and people with disabilities and to 
                TRICARE for America's military families.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 18, 2010

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure continued 
  access to Medicare for seniors and people with disabilities and to 
                TRICARE for America's military families.

    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 ``Protecting Seniors' Access to 
Doctors Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. PHYSICIAN PAYMENT 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 paragraphs:
            ``(12) Update for december of 2010.--
                    ``(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 2010 
                for the period beginning on December 1, 2010, and 
                ending on December 31, 2010, the update to the single 
                conversion factor shall be 1.0 percent.
                    ``(B) No effect on computation of conversion factor 
                for 2011 and subsequent years.--The conversion factor 
                under this subsection shall be computed under paragraph 
                (1)(A) for 2011 and subsequent years as if subparagraph 
                (A) had never applied.
            ``(13) Update for 2011.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to paragraphs (7)(B), 
                (8)(B), (9)(B), (10)(B), (11)(B), and (12)(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 1.0 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. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

    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 Senate Budget Committee, provided that 
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.
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