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.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to increase from 85% to100% of the locality adjusted national average per resident amount the payment floor for direct graduate medical education payments under the Medicare program for cost reporting periods begining during or after FY2006.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[S. 2289 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2289

  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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 15, 2006

  Mr. Bunning introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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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)) is amended by striking ``and for the cost 
reporting period beginning during fiscal year 2002 shall not be less 
than 85 percent'' and inserting ``, for cost reporting periods 
beginning during or after fiscal year 2002 (and before fiscal year 
2006) shall not be less than 85 percent, and for cost reporting periods 
beginning during or after fiscal year 2006 shall not be less than 100 
percent''.
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