A bill to include Medicare provider payments in the Federal Levy Program, to require the Department of Health and Human Services to offset Medicare provider payments by the amount of the provider's delinquent Federal debt, and for other purposes

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by  United States. Congress. Senate

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To include Medicareproviderpa.'\Tnents in theFederal Payment LevyPro-
gram, to require the Department of Health and Human Services to
offsetMedicareproviderpajnientsbytheamountoftheprovider'sdelin-
quentFederaldebt,andforotherpurposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May3,2007
Mr.Coleman(forhimself,Mr.Levin,andMrs.McCaskill)introducedthe
followingbill;whichwasreadtwiceandreferredtotheCommitteeonFinance
BILL
To include Medicare pro^^der pa^nments in the Federal Pay-
ment Le\y Prog^-am, to require the Department of
Health and Human Services to offset Medicare pro\ider
pa^TOents by the amount of the pro\ider's dehnquent
Federaldebt, andforotherpuri^oses.
1 BeitenactedbytJieSenateandHouseofRepresenta-
2 tivesoftheUnitedStatesofAmericainCongressassembled,
3 SECTION1.SHORTTITLE.
4 ThisActmaybecitedasthe"MedicareProviderAc-
5 countabilityAct"
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1 SEC.2.INCLUSIONOFMEDICAREPROVIDERPAYMENTSIN
2 FEDERALPAYMENTLEVYPROGRAM.
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3 (a) In General. The Centers for Medicare and
4 MedicaidSenicesshalltakeallnecessarystepstopartici-
5 pateintheFederalPajonentLewProgramundersection
6 6331(li) ofthe Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as soon
7 aspossibleandshallensurethat
8 (1) at least 50 percent of all payments under
9 partsA and B oftitleXVlll ofthe Social Security
10 Act are processed through such prog:ram\^itliin one
11 yearofthedateofenactmentofthisAct,and
12 (2) all remainingpa\Tiients under suchpartsA
13 and B are processed through such progi-am wdthin
14 twoyearsofsuchdate.
15 (b) Assistance.—TheFinancial Management Serv-
16 ice andtheInternalRevenue Service shallpro\ideassist-
17 ance to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
18 to ensure that all pajnnents described in subsection (a)
19 are included in the Federal Pavment Levy Program by
20 thedeadlinesspecifiedinthatsubsection.
21 SEC.3.APPLICATIONOFADMINISTRATIVEOFFSETPROVI-
22 SIONSTOMEDICAREPROVIDERPAYMENTS.
23 (a) In General.—Section 3716 oftitle 31, United
24 StatesCode,isamended
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1 (1)byinserting"theDepartmentofHealthand
2 Human Services," after"United StatesPostal Sen^-
3 ice,"insubsection(c)(1)(A),and
4 (2) by adding; at the end of subsection (e)(3)
5 thefollowingnewsubparagraph:
6 "(D) This section shall apply to claims or
7 debts, and to amounts payable, under title
8 XVinoftheSocialSecurityAct.".
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9 (b) Effective Date. The amendments made by
10 this section shall applyto pa^^nents made afterthe date
11 ofenactmentoftliisAct.
12 SEC. 4. STREAMLINING TAX LEVIES ON FEDERAL PAY-
13 MENTS.
14 (a) In GENEiiAL.—Section 6330(f) of the Internal
15 RevenueCodeof1986 (relatingtojeopardyandStatere-
16 fundcollection)isamended
17 (1) by striking "or" at the end of paragraph
18 (1),
19 (2) by strikingthe comma at the end ofpara-
20 graph (2) andinserting";or",
21 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
22 lowingnewparagraph:
23 "(3) the Secretaryhas approved alevy, includ-
24 ing a continuing levy under section 6331(h), on
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1 specified pa^^nents, as defined in section
2 6331(h)(2),",and
3 (4) b}' striking the heading and inserting
4 "Jeopardy, State Refund, and Collection
5 FromFederalPayments".
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6 (b) Effectt\^ Date. The amendments made by
7 this section shall apply to levies made after the date of
8 enactmentofthisAct.
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