[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1497 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1497

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend for 3 years 
               reasonable cost contracts under Medicare.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 2, 2011

Ms. Klobuchar (for herself, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Bennet, and Mr. 
   Franken) 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 extend for 3 years 
               reasonable cost contracts under Medicare.

    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 Cost Contract Extension Act 
of 2011''.

SEC. 2. THREE-YEAR EXTENSION OF MEDICARE REASONABLE COST CONTRACTS.

    Section 1876(h)(5)(C)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395mm(h)(5)(C)(ii)) is amended, in the matter preceding subclause (I), 
by striking ``January 1, 2013'' and inserting ``January 1, 2016''.
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