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<dc:title>118 S1607 IS: Repair Abuses of MSP Payments (RAMP) Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2023-05-16</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>118th CONGRESS</congress><session>1st Session</session><legis-num>S. 1607</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20230516">May 16, 2023</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S365">Mr. Scott of South Carolina</sponsor> (for himself and <cosponsor name-id="S388">Ms. Hassan</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSFI00">Committee on Finance</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit a private cause of action for damages in the case of a group health plan which fails to provide for primary payment or appropriate reimbursement.</official-title></form><legis-body style="OLC" display-enacting-clause="yes-display-enacting-clause" id="H5EF638CFF37D4689BAE4201D9A224917"><section id="id1b1784cf944d4c8a93f9f7fb4ffd64ca" section-type="section-one" commented="no"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Repair Abuses of MSP Payments (RAMP) Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="HBF4AF91BC9F4420C8B7F4C663EB78A8F"><enum>2.</enum><header>Private cause of action for damages in the case of a group health plan which fails to provide for primary payment or appropriate reimbursement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1862(b)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1395y">42 U.S.C. 1395y(b)(3)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>primary plan</quote> and inserting <quote>group health plan (as defined in paragraph (1)(A)(v))</quote>.</text></section></legis-body></bill> 

