Medicare Employer Relief Act of 2014

Medicare Employer Relief Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to Medicare as secondary payer to repeal requirements for identification of secondary payer situations.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5102 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5102

     To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the 
   requirement for employer disclosure of information on health care 
  coverage of employees who are Medicare beneficiaries, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 14, 2014

  Mr. Lewis 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 repeal the 
   requirement for employer disclosure of information on health care 
  coverage of employees who are Medicare beneficiaries, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Employer Relief Act of 
2014''.

SEC. 2. REPEALING SECTION 1862(B)(5) OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.

    (a) In General.--Section 1862(b) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395y(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (5).
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to 
information required to be provided on or after January 1, 2015.
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