Medicare Teaching Hospital Equity Act of 1999

Medicare Teaching Hospital Equity Act of 1999 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to accelerate from 60 percent to 100 percent in 2000 (and subsequent years) Medicare payments to hospitals with respect to the indirect and direct costs of graduate medical education for inpatient hospital services furnished to Medicare+Choice enrollees under SSA title XVIII part C (Medicare+Choice).

[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2989 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2989

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to accelerate payments 
   to hospitals under the Medicare Program with respect to costs of 
       graduate medical education for Medicare+Choice enrollees.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 30, 1999

   Mr. Tanner (for himself, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Ford, and Mr. Clement) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
  Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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 accelerate payments 
   to hospitals under the Medicare Program with respect to costs of 
       graduate medical education for Medicare+Choice enrollees.

    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 ``Medicare Teaching Hospital Equity 
Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. ACCELERATION OF PAYMENT TO HOSPITALS OF INDIRECT AND DIRECT 
              MEDICAL EDUCATION COSTS FOR MEDICARE+CHOICE ENROLLEES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1886(h)(3)(D)(ii) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(h)(3)(D)(ii)) is amended--
            (1) in subclause (II), by inserting ``and'' at the end; and
            (2) by striking subclauses (III), (IV), and (V) and 
        inserting after subclause (II) the following new subclause:
                                    ``(III) 100 percent in 2000 and 
                                subsequent years.''.
    (b) Acceleration of Carve-out.--Section 1853(c)(3)(B)(ii) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-23(c)(3)(B)(ii)) is amended--
            (1) in subclause (II), by inserting ``and'' at the end; and
            (2) by striking subclauses (III), (IV), and (V) and 
        inserting after subclause (II) the following new subclause:
                                    ``(III) a succeeding year is 100 
                                percent.''.
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