To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to eliminate civil money penalties for inducements to physicians to limit services that are not medically necessary, and for other purposes.

Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to restrict civil monetary penalties for inducements to physicians to limit services to services that are medically necessary only. (Thus eliminates such penalties for inducements to physicians to limit services that are not medically necessary.)

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4658 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4658

 To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to eliminate civil money 
penalties for inducements to physicians to limit services that are not 
              medically necessary, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 13, 2014

Mr. McDermott 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 XI of the Social Security Act to eliminate civil money 
penalties for inducements to physicians to limit services that are not 
              medically necessary, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. ELIMINATING CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES FOR INDUCEMENTS TO 
              PHYSICIANS TO LIMIT SERVICES THAT ARE NOT MEDICALLY 
              NECESSARY.

    (a) In General.--Section 1128A(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1320a-7a(b)(1)) is amended by inserting ``medically necessary'' 
after ``reduce or limit''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to payments made on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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