[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 131 (Tuesday, September 23, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11833-S11834]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Bingaman):
  S. 1641. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to 
extend medicare cost-sharing for certain qualifying individuals (QI-
1s); to the Committee on Finance.
  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                S. 1641

       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 ``QI-1s Medicare Cost-Sharing 
     Extension Act of 2003''.

     SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF MEDICARE COST-SHARING FOR CERTAIN 
                   QUALIFYING INDIVIDUALS.

       (a) Extension of Sunset.--Section 1902(a)(10)(E)(iv) of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(E)(iv)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking subclause (II);
       (2) beginning in the matter preceding subclause (I), by 
     striking ``ending with December 2002'' and all that follows 
     through ``for medicare cost-sharing described'' in subclause 
     (I) and inserting ``ending with March 2004) for medicare 
     cost-sharing described''; and
       (3) by striking ``, and'' at the end and inserting a 
     semicolon.
       (b) Total Amount Available for Allocation.--Section 1933(c) 
     of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396u-3(c)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)(E), by striking ``fiscal year 2002'' 
     and inserting ``each of fiscal years 2002 and 2003''; and

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       (2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``the sum of'' and all 
     that follows through ``1902(a)(10)(E)(iv)(II) in the State; 
     to'' and inserting ``the total number of individuals 
     described in section 1902(a)(10)(E)(iv) in the State; to''.
       (c) Special Rule for First Quarter of 2004.--Section 1933 
     of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396u-3) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(g) Special Rule.--With respect to the period that begins 
     on January 1, 2004, and ends on March 31, 2004, a State shall 
     select qualifying individuals, and provide such individuals 
     with assistance, in accordance with the provisions of this 
     section as in effect with respect to calendar year 2003, 
     except that for such purpose--
       ``(1) references in the preceding subsections of this 
     section to `fiscal year' and `calendar year' shall be deemed 
     to be references to such period; and
       ``(2) the total allocation amount under subsection (c) for 
     such period shall be $100,000,000.''.
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