A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the availability of Medicare cost contracts for 10 years

2 Pages·2001·0.08 MB·English

by  United States. Congress. Senate

107thcongress 1224
1stSession S.
ToamendtitleXVIIIoftheSocialSecurityActtoextendtheavailabihty
ofMedicarecostcontractsfor10vears.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July24,2001
Mr.Allardintroducedthefollowingbill;whichwasreadtwiceandreferred
totheCommitteeonFinance
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BILL
ToamendtitleXVIIIoftheSocialSecurityActtoextend
theavailabihtyofMedicarecostcontractsfor10years.
1 BeitenactedhytheSenateandHouseofRepresenta-
2 tivesoftheUnitedStatesofAmericainCongressassembled,
3 SECTION1.SHORTTITLE.
4 This Act maybe cited as the "Medicare Cost Con-
5 tractExtensionActof2001".
6 SEC. 2. TEN-YEAR EXTENSION OF MEDICARE COST CON-
7 TRACTS.
8 Section 1876(h)(5)(C) oftheSocialSecurityAct(42
9 U.S.C. 1395mm(h)(5)(C)), as redesignated by section
10 634(1) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits
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2 3 flDTS DL7tSE fl
1 Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (114 Stat.
2 2763A-568), as enacted into law by section 1(a)(6) of
3 PublicLaw106-554),isamendedbystriking"2004"and
4 inserting"2014".
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