[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1362 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1362

    To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to clarify waiver 
  authority regarding programs of all-inclusive care for the elderly 
                            (PACE programs).


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 18, 2015

Mr. Carper (for himself and Mr. Toomey) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to clarify waiver 
  authority regarding programs of all-inclusive care for the elderly 
                            (PACE programs).

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

SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF WAIVER AUTHORITY REGARDING PACE PROGRAMS.

    (a) Clarification of Waiver Authority Regarding PACE Programs.--
Subsection (d)(1) of section 1115A of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1315a) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(other than subsections (b)(1)(A) and 
        (c)(5) of section 1894)'' after ``XVIII''; and
            (2) by striking ``and 1903(m)(2)(A)(iii)'' and inserting 
        ``1903(m)(2)(A)(iii), and 1934 (other than subsections 
        (b)(1)(A) and (c)(5) of such section)''.
    (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services should use the waiver authority 
provided under the amendments made by this section to provide, in a 
budget neutral and expeditious manner, programs of all-inclusive care 
for the elderly (PACE programs) with increased operational flexibility 
to support the ability of such programs to improve and innovate and to 
reduce technical and administrative barriers that have hindered 
enrollment in such programs.
                                 <all>