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107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1517

  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase the per 
 resident payment floor for direct graduate medical education payments 
                      under the Medicare Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 4, 2001

 Mr. Shaw (for himself and Mr. Bachus) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition 
      to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase the per 
 resident payment floor for direct graduate medical education payments 
                      under the Medicare Program.

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

SECTION 1. INCREASING TO 100 PERCENT OF THE LOCALITY ADJUSTED NATIONAL 
              AVERAGE PER RESIDENT AMOUNT THE PAYMENT FLOOR FOR DIRECT 
              GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PAYMENTS UNDER THE MEDICARE 
              PROGRAM.

    Section 1886(h)(2)(D)(iii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395ww(h)(2)(D)(iii)), as amended by section 511 of Medicare, Medicaid, 
and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (113 Stat. 
2763A-533), as enacted into law by section 1(a)(6) of Public Law 106-
554, is amended by striking ``85 percent'' and inserting ``100 
percent''.
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