To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a one-year waiver of budget neutrality adjustments under the Medicare physician fee schedule, and for other purposes.

This bill excludes certain adjustments to payments for physician services under Medicare from budget neutrality requirements in FY2021. The bill also rescinds $10 billion of unobligated funds from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8505 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8505

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a one-
    year waiver of budget neutrality adjustments under the Medicare 
            physician fee schedule, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 2, 2020

 Mr. Burgess (for himself and Mr. Rush) introduced the following bill; 
  which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Appropriations, 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 provide for a one-
    year waiver of budget neutrality adjustments under the Medicare 
            physician fee schedule, 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. ONE-YEAR WAIVER OF BUDGET NEUTRALITY ADJUSTMENTS UNDER 
              MEDICARE PHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE.

    (a) Waiver of Budget Neutrality Adjustments.--Section 1848(c)(2) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4(c)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B)--
                    (A) in clause (ii)(II), by striking ``clauses (iv) 
                and (v)'' and inserting ``clauses (iv), (v), and 
                (vii)''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(vii) Non-application of budget 
                        neutrality adjustments for 2021.--The budget 
                        neutrality adjustments under clause (ii)(II) 
                        and subparagraph (F) shall not be applied for 
                        2021.''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (F), in the matter preceding clause 
        (i), by inserting ``, subject to subparagraph (B)(vii)'' after 
        ``The Secretary''.
    (b) Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund.--
            (1) In general.--From the unobligated balances of amounts 
        made available under the heading ``Department of Health and 
        Human Services--Office of the Secretary--Public Health and 
        Social Services Emergency Fund'' by the provisions listed in 
        subsection (b) (in the order of such provisions as specified by 
        the Secretary of Health and Human Services), $10,000,000,000, 
        to be derived from such amounts that are not allocated to 
        eligible health care providers or for provider relief, is 
        hereby rescinded.
            (2) Provisions.--The provisions listed in this subsection 
        are the following:
                    (A) Title III of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, 
                Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136).
                    (B) Title I of division B of the Paycheck 
                Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act 
                (Public Law 116-139).
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