America’s Health Care Bill
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TO H.R. 4872, AS REPORTED
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
3 ‘‘Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation
4 Act of 2010’’.
5 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of
6 this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—COVERAGE, MEDICARE, MEDICAID, AND REVENUES
Subtitle A—Coverage
Sec. 1001. Affordability. Sec. 1002. Individual responsibility. Sec. 1003. Employer responsibility. Sec. 1004. Income definitions. Sec. 1005. Implementation funding.
Subtitle B—Medicare
Sec. 1101. Closing the medicare prescription drug ‘‘donut hole’’. Sec. 1102. Medicare Advantage payments. Sec. 1103. Savings from limits on MA plan administrative costs. Sec. 1104. Disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments. Sec. 1105. Market basket updates. Sec. 1106. Physician ownership-referral. Sec. 1107. Payment for imaging services.
Sec. 1201. Federal funding for States. Sec. 1202. Payments to primary care physicians. Sec. 1203. Disproportionate share hospital payments. Sec. 1204. Funding for the territories.
Sec. 1205. Delay in Community First Choice option. Sec. 1206. Drug rebates for new formulations of existing drugs.
Subtitle D—Reducing Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
Sec. 1301. Community mental health centers.
Sec. 1302. Medicare prepayment medical review limitations .
Sec. 1303. CMS–IRS data match to identify fraudulent providers.
Sec. 1304. Funding to fight fraud, waste, and abuse.
Sec. 1305. 90-day period of enhanced oversight for initial claims of DME suppliers.
Subtitle E—Provisions Relating to Revenue
Sec. 1401. High-cost plan excise tax.
Sec. 1402. Medicare tax.
Sec. 1403. Delay of limitation on health flexible spending arrangements under cafeteria plans.
Sec. 1404. Brand name pharmaceuticals.
Sec. 1405. Excise tax on medical device manufacturers.
Sec. 1406. Health insurance providers.
Sec. 1407. Delay of elimination of deduction for expenses allocable to medicare part D subsidy.
Sec. 1408. Elimination of unintended application of cellulosic biofuel producer credit.
Sec. 1409. Codification of economic substance doctrine and penalties.
Sec. 1410. Time for payment of corporate estimated taxes.
Sec. 1411. No impact on Social Security trust funds.
Subtitle F—Other Provisions
Sec. 1501. Community college and career training grant program.
TITLE II—EDUCATION AND HEALTH
Subtitle A—Education
Sec. 2001. Short title; references.
PART I—INVESTING IN STUDENTS AND FAMILIES
Sec. 2101. Federal Pell Grants.
Sec. 2102. Student financial assistance.
Sec. 2103. College access challenge grant program.
Sec. 2104. Investment in historically black colleges and universities and minority-serving institutions.
PART II—STUDENT LOAN REFORM
Sec. 2201. Termination of Federal Family Education Loan appropriations.
Sec. 2202. Termination of Federal loan insurance program.
Sec. 2203. Termination of applicable interest rates.
Sec. 2204. Termination of Federal payments to reduce student interest costs.
Sec. 2205. Termination of FFEL PLUS Loans.
Sec. 2206. Federal Consolidation Loans.
Sec. 2207. Termination of Unsubsidized Stafford Loans for middle-income borrowers.
Sec. 2208. Termination of special allowances.
Sec. 2209. Origination of Direct Loans at institutions outside the United States. Sec. 2210. Conforming amendments. Sec. 2211. Terms and conditions of loans. Sec. 2212. Contracts; mandatory funds. Sec. 2213. Agreements with State-owned banks. Sec. 2214. Income-based repayment.
Subtitle B—Health
Sec. 2301. Insurance reforms. Sec. 2302. Drugs purchased by covered entities. Sec. 2303. Community health centers.
1 TITLE I—COVERAGE, MEDICARE, 2 MEDICAID, AND REVENUES 3 Subtitle A—Coverage 4 SEC. 1001. AFFORDABILITY. 5 (a) PREMIUM TAX CREDITS.—Section 36B of the In6 ternal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by section 1401 7 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and 8 amended by section 10105 of such Act, is amended— 9 (1) in subsection (b)(3)(A)— 10 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘with respect 11 to any taxpayer’’ and all that follows up to the 12 end period and inserting ‘‘for any taxable year 13 shall be the percentage such that the applicable 14 percentage for any taxpayer whose household 15
income is within an income tier specified in the
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following table shall increase, on a sliding scale
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specified in such table for such income tier:
‘‘In the case of household income (expressed as a percent of The initial premium The final premium poverty line) within the fol-percentage is— percentage is— lowing income tier:
Up to 133% 2.0% 2.0% 133% up to 150% 3.0% 4.0% 150% up to 200% 4.0% 6.3% 200% up to 250% 6.3% 8.05% 250% up to 300% 8.05% 9.5% 300% up to 400% 9.5% 9.5%’’; and
1 (B) by striking clauses (ii) and (iii), and 2 inserting the following: 3 ‘‘(ii) INDEXING.— 4 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Subject to 5 subclause (II), in the case of taxable 6 years beginning in any calendar year 7 after 2014, the initial and final appli8 cable percentages under clause (i) (as 9 in effect for the preceding calendar 10 year after application of this clause) 11 shall be adjusted to reflect the excess 12 of the rate of premium growth for the 13 preceding calendar year over the rate 14 of income growth for the preceding 15 calendar year. 16 ‘‘(II) ADDITIONAL ADJUST17
MENT.—Except as provided in sub
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ages described in subclause (I) shall,
mium growth estimated under sub
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clause (I) for the preceding calendar 6 year over the rate of growth in the 7 consumer price index for the pre8 ceding calendar year. 9 ‘‘(III) FAILSAFE.—Subclause (II) 10 shall apply for any calendar year only 11 if the aggregate amount of premium 12 tax credits under this section and 13 cost-sharing reductions under section 14 1402 of the Patient Protection and 15 Affordable Care Act for the preceding 16 calendar year exceeds an amount 17 equal to 0.504 percent of the gross 18 domestic product for the preceding 19 calendar year.’’; and 20 (2) in subsection (c)(2)(C)— 21
(A) by striking ‘‘9.8 percent’’ in clauses
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(i)(II) and (iv) and inserting ‘‘9.5 percent’’, and
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(B) by striking ‘‘(b)(3)(A)(iii)’’ in clause
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(iv) and inserting ‘‘(b)(3)(A)(ii)’’.
(b) COST SHARING.—Section 1402(c) of the Patient 2 Protection and Affordable Care Act is amended— 3
(1) in paragraph (1)(B)(i)—
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(A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘90’’ and inserting ‘‘94’’; 6 (B) in subclause (II)— 7 (i) by striking ‘‘80’’ and inserting 8 ‘‘87’’; and 9 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’; and
(C) by striking subclause (III) and insert11 ing the following: 12 ‘‘(III) 73 percent in the case of 13 an eligible insured whose household 14 income is more than 200 percent but not more than 250 percent of the pov16 erty line for a family of the size in17 volved; and 18 ‘‘(IV) 70 percent in the case of 19 an eligible insured whose household income is more than 250 percent but
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not more than 400 percent of the pov
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erty line for a family of the size in
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volved.’’; and
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(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) in subparagraph (A)—
(i) by striking ‘‘90’’ and inserting
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‘‘94’’; and
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(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’;
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(B) in subparagraph (B)—
(i) by striking ‘‘80’’ and inserting 6 ‘‘87’’; and 7 (ii) by striking the period and insert8 ing ‘‘; and’’; and 9 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph: 11 ‘‘(C) in the case of an eligible insured 12 whose household income is more than 200 per13 cent but not more than 250 percent of the pov14 erty line for a family of the size involved, increase the plan’s share of the total allowed 16 costs of benefits provided under the plan to 73 17 percent of such costs.’’. 18 SEC. 1002. INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY. 19 (a) AMOUNTS.—Section 5000A(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by section 1501(b) of 21 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and 22 amended by section 10106 of such Act, is amended— 23
(1) in paragraph (2)(B)—
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(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by—
(i) inserting ‘‘the excess of’’ before
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‘‘the taxpayer’s household income’’; and
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(ii) inserting ‘‘for the taxable year
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over the amount of gross income specified in section 6012(a)(1) with respect to the 6 taxpayer’’ before ‘‘for the taxable year’’; 7 (B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘0.5’’ and in8 serting ‘‘1.0’’; 9 (C) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘1.0’’ and inserting ‘‘2.0’’; and 11 (D) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘2.0’’ and 12 inserting ‘‘2.5’’; and 13 (2) in paragraph (3)— 14 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘$750’’ and inserting ‘‘$695’’; 16 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 17 ‘‘$495’’ and inserting ‘‘$325’’; and 18 (C) in subparagraph (D)— 19 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘$750’’ and inserting ‘‘$695’’; 21 and 22
(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘$750’’
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and inserting ‘‘$695’’.
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(b) THRESHOLD.—Section 5000A of such Code, as so added and amended, is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (c)(4)(D); and
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(2) in subsection (e)(2)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘UNDER 100 PERCENT OF
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POVERTY LINE’’ and inserting ‘‘BELOW FILING
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THRESHOLD’’; and 6 (B) by striking all that follows ‘‘less than’’ 7 and inserting ‘‘the amount of gross income 8 specified in section 6012(a)(1) with respect to 9 the taxpayer.’’. 10 SEC. 1003. EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITY. 11 (a) PAYMENT CALCULATION.—Subparagraph (D) of 12 subsection (d)(2) of section 4980H of the Internal Rev13 enue Code of 1986, as added by section 1513 of the Pa14 tient Protection and Affordable Care Act and amended by 15 section 10106 of such Act, is amended to read as follows: 16 ‘‘(D) APPLICATION OF EMPLOYER SIZE TO 17 ASSESSABLE PENALTIES.— 18 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The number of in19 dividuals employed by an applicable large 20 employer as full-time employees during any 21
month shall be reduced by 30 solely for
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purposes of calculating—
under subsection (a), or
persons treated as 1 employer under sub
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paragraph (C)(i), only 1 reduction under 6 subclause (I) or (II) shall be allowed with 7 respect to such persons and such reduction 8 shall be allocated among such persons rat9 ably on the basis of the number of full-10 time employees employed by each such per11 son.’’. 12 (b) APPLICABLE PAYMENT AMOUNT.—Section 13 4980H of such Code, as so added and amended, is amend14 ed— 15 (1) in the flush text following subsection 16 (c)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘400 percent of the applicable 17 payment amount’’ and inserting ‘‘an amount equal 18 to 1⁄12 of $3,000’’; 19 (2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘$750’’ 20 and inserting ‘‘$2,000’’; and 21
(3) in subsection (d)(5)(A), in the matter pre
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ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(2) and
11 1 (c) COUNTING PART-TIME WORKERS IN SETTING 2 THE THRESHOLD FOR EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITY.— 3 Section 4980H(d)(2) of such Code, as so added and 4 amended and as amended by subsection (a), is amended 5 by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 6 ‘‘(E) FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS TREATED 7 AS FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.—Solely for pur8 poses of determining whether an employer is an 9 applicable large employer under this paragraph, 10 an employer shall, in addition to the number of 11 full-time employees for any month otherwise de12 termined, include for such month a number of 13 full-time employees determined by dividing the 14 aggregate number of hours of service of employ15 ees who are not full-time employees for the 16 month by 120.’’. 17 (d) ELIMINATING WAITING PERIOD ASSESSMENT.— 18 Section 4980H of such Code, as so added and amended 19 and as amended by the preceding subsections, is amended 20 by striking subsection (b) and redesignating subsections 21 (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (b), (c), and (d), respec22 tively. 23 SEC. 1004. INCOME DEFINITIONS. 24
(a) MODIFIED ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The following provisions of
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the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 are each amend
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ed by striking ‘‘modified gross’’ each place it ap
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pears and inserting ‘‘modified adjusted gross’’: 5 (A) Clauses (i) and (ii) of section 6 36B(d)(2)(A), as added by section 1401 of the 7 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 8 (B) Section 6103(l)(21)(A)(iv), as added 9 by section 1414 of such Act. 10 (C) Clauses (i) and (ii) of section 11 5000A(c)(4), as added by section 1501(b) of 12 such Act. 13 (2) DEFINITION.— 14 (A) Section 36B(d)(2)(B) of such Code, as 15 so added, is amended to read as follows: 16 ‘‘(B) MODIFIED ADJUSTED GROSS IN17 COME.—The term ‘modified adjusted gross in18 come’ means adjusted gross income increased 19 by— 20 ‘‘(i) any amount excluded from gross 21
income under section 911, and
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‘‘(ii) any amount of interest received
able year which is exempt from tax.’’.
(B) Section 5000A(c)(4)(C) of such Code,
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as so added, is amended to read as follows: 3 ‘‘(C) MODIFIED ADJUSTED GROSS IN4
COME.—The term ‘modified adjusted gross in
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come’ means adjusted gross income increased 6 by— 7 ‘‘(i) any amount excluded from gross 8 income under section 911, and 9 ‘‘(ii) any amount of interest received 10 or accrued by the taxpayer during the tax11 able year which is exempt from tax.’’. 12 (b) MODIFIED ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME DEFINI13 TION.— 14 (1) MEDICAID.—Section 1902 of the Social Se15 curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a) is amended by striking 16 ‘‘modified gross income’’ each place it appears in the 17 text and headings of the following provisions and in18 serting ‘‘modified adjusted gross income’’: 19 (A) Paragraph (14) of subsection (e), as 20 added by section 2002(a) of the Patient Protec21
tion and Affordable Care Act.
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(B) Subsection (gg)(4)(A), as added by
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section 2001(b) of such Act.
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(2) CHIP.—
(A) STATE PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—Section
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2102(b)(1)(B)(v) of the Social Security Act (42
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U.S.C. 1397bb(b)(1)(B)(v)), as added by sec
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tion 2101(d)(1) of the Patient Protection and
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Affordable Care Act, is amended by striking 6 ‘‘modified gross income’’ and inserting ‘‘modi7 fied adjusted gross income’’. 8 (B) PLAN ADMINISTRATION.—Section 9 2107(e)(1)(E) of the Social Security Act (42 10 U.S.C. 1397gg(e)(1)(E)), as added by section 11 2101(d)(2) of the Patient Protection and Af12 fordable Care Act, is amended by striking 13 ‘‘modified gross income’’ and inserting ‘‘modi14 fied adjusted gross income’’. 15 (c) NO EXCESS PAYMENTS.—Section 36B(f) of the 16 Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by section 17 1401(a) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 18 Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new 19 paragraph: 20 ‘‘(3) INFORMATION REQUIREMENT.—Each Ex21
change (and any other person specified by the Sec
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retary) shall provide the following information to the
was in effect.
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‘‘(B) The total premium for the coverage 6 without regard to the credit under this section 7 or cost-sharing reductions under section 1402 8 of such Act. 9 ‘‘(C) The aggregate amount of any ad10 vance payment of such credit or reductions 11 under section 1412 of such Act. 12 ‘‘(D) The name, address, and TIN of the 13 primary insured and the name and TIN of each 14 other individual obtaining coverage under the 15 policy. 16 ‘‘(E) Any information provided to the Ex17 change, including any change of circumstances, 18 necessary to determine eligibility for, and the 19 amount of, such credit. 20 ‘‘(F) Any other similar information nec21
essary to carry out this subsection and deter
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mine whether a taxpayer has received excess
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advance payments.’’.
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(d) ADULT DEPENDENTS.—
16 1 (1) EXCLUSION OF AMOUNTS EXPENDED FOR 2
ing to amounts expended for medical care) is amend5 ed— 6 (A) by striking ‘‘and his dependents’’ and 7 inserting ‘‘his dependents’’; and 8 (B) by inserting before the period the fol9 lowing: ‘‘, and any child (as defined in section 10 152(f)(1)) of the taxpayer who as of the end of 11 the taxable year has not attained age 27’’. 12 (2) SELF-EMPLOYED HEALTH INSURANCE DE13 DUCTION.—Section 162(l)(1) of such Code is 14 amended to read as follows: 15 ‘‘(1) ALLOWANCE OF DEDUCTION.—In the case 16 of a taxpayer who is an employee within the mean17 ing of section 401(c)(1), there shall be allowed as a 18 deduction under this section an amount equal to the 19 amount paid during the taxable year for insurance 20 which constitutes medical care for— 21
‘‘(A) the taxpayer,
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‘‘(B) the taxpayer’s spouse,
‘‘(C) the taxpayer’s dependents, and
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152(f)(1)) of the taxpayer who as of the end of
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the taxable year has not attained age 27.’’.
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(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.—Section 6 162(l)(2)(B) of such Code is amended by in7 serting ‘‘, or any dependent, or individual de8 scribed in subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1) 9 with respect to,’’ after ‘‘spouse of’’.
(B) PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT.—Sec11 tion 2714 of the Public Health Service Act, as 12 added by section 1001(5) of the Patient Protec13 tion and Affordable Care Act, is amended by 14 striking subsection (c).
(4) SICK AND ACCIDENT BENEFITS PROVIDED 16 TO MEMBERS OF A VOLUNTARY EMPLOYEES’ BENE17 FICIARY ASSOCIATION AND THEIR DEPENDENTS.— 18 Section 501(c)(9) of such Code is amended by add19 ing at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘For purposes of providing for the payment of sick and acci
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dent benefits to members of such an association and
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their dependents, the term ‘dependent’ shall include
24 152(f)(1)) of a member who as of the end of the calendar year has not attained age 27.’’.
(5) MEDICAL AND OTHER BENEFITS FOR RE
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TIRED EMPLOYEES.—Section 401(h) of such Code is
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amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘For
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purposes of this subsection, the term ‘dependent’
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shall include any individual who is a child (as de6 fined in section 152(f)(1)) of a retired employee who 7 as of the end of the calendar year has not attained 8 age 27.’’. 9 (e) FIVE PERCENT INCOME DISREGARD FOR CER10 TAIN INDIVIDUALS.—Section 1902(e)(14) of the Social 11 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)(14)), as amended by 12 subsection (b)(1), is further amended— 13 (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘No type’’ 14 and inserting ‘‘Subject to subparagraph (I), no 15 type’’; and 16 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub17 paragraph: 18 ‘‘(I) TREATMENT OF PORTION OF MODI19 FIED ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME.—For purposes 20 of determining the income eligibility of an indi21
vidual for medical assistance whose eligibility is
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determined based on the application of modified
the State shall—
(expressed as a percentage of the poverty line) and such upper income limit in6 creased by 5 percentage points; and 7 ‘‘(ii) notwithstanding the requirement 8 in subparagraph (A) with respect to use of 9 modified adjusted gross income, utilize as the applicable income of such individual, in 11 determining such income eligibility, an 12 amount equal to the modified adjusted 13 gross income applicable to such individual 14 reduced by such dollar equivalent amount.’’.
16 SEC. 1005. IMPLEMENTATION FUNDING. 17 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby established a 18 Health Insurance Reform Implementation Fund (referred 19 to in this section as the ‘‘Fund’’) within the Department of Health and Human Services to carry out the Patient 21 Protection and Affordable Care Act and this Act (and the 22 amendments made by such Acts). 23
(b) FUNDING.—There is appropriated to the Fund, 24 out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000,000 for Federal administrative ex-
20 1 penses to carry out such Act (and the amendments made 2 by such Acts). 3
Subtitle B—Medicare
4 SEC. 1101. CLOSING THE MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG
‘‘DONUT HOLE’’.
6 (a) COVERAGE GAP REBATE FOR 2010.— 7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1860D–42 of the 8 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–152) is 9 amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 11 ‘‘(c) COVERAGE GAP REBATE FOR 2010.— 12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an individual 13 described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of sec14 tion 1860D–14A(g)(1) who as of the last day of a calendar quarter in 2010 has incurred costs for cov16 ered part D drugs so that the individual has exceed17 ed the initial coverage limit under section 1860D– 18 2(b)(3) for 2010, the Secretary shall provide for 19 payment from the Medicare Prescription Drug Account of $250 to the individual by not later than the
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15th day of the third month following the end of
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such quarter.
only 1 payment under this subsection with respect to any individual.’’.
21 1 (2) REPEAL OF PROVISION.—Section 3315 of 2
pealed, and any provision of law amended or repealed by such sections is hereby restored or revived 6 as if such section had not been enacted into law. 7 (b) CLOSING THE DONUT HOLE.—Part D of title 8 XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–101 9 et seq.), as amended by section 3301 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, is further amended— 11 (1) in section 1860D–43— 12 (A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘July 1, 13 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2011’’; and 14 (B) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘July 1, 2010, and ending on December 31, 2010,’’ 16 and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2011, and December 17 31, 2011,’’; 18 (2) in section 1860D–14A— 19 (A) in subsection (a)—
(i) by striking ‘‘July 1, 2010’’ and in
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serting ‘‘January 1, 2011’’; and
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(ii) by striking ‘‘April 1, 2010’’ and
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inserting ‘‘180 days after the date of the
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enactment of this section’’;
(B) in subsection (b)(1)(C)—
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘2010
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AND’’;
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(ii) by striking ‘‘July 1, 2010’’ and in
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serting ‘‘January 1, 2011’’; and
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(iii) by striking ‘‘May 1, 2010’’ and 6 inserting ‘‘not later than 30 days after the 7 date of the establishment of a model agree8 ment under subsection (a)’’; 9 (C) in subsection (c)— 10 (i) in paragraph (1)(A)(iii), by strik11 ing ‘‘July 1, 2010, and ending on Decem12 ber 31, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 13 2011, and ending on December 31, 2011’’; 14 and 15 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 16 ‘‘2010’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’; 17 (D) in subsection (d)(2)(B), by striking 18 ‘‘July 1, 2010, and ending on December 31, 19 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2011, and 20 ending on December 31, 2011’’; and 21
(E) in subsection (g)(1)—
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(i) in the matter before subparagraph
inserting ‘‘a covered part D drug’’;
(ii) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of
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subparagraph (C);
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(iii) by striking subparagraph (D); 4 and 5
(iv) by redesignating subparagraph 6 (E) as subparagraph (D); and 7 (3) in section 1860D–2(b) — 8 (A) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘The 9 coverage’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to subpara10 graphs (C) and (D), the coverage’’; 11 (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘sub12 paragraph (A)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘subpara13 graphs (A)(ii), (C), and (D)’’; 14 (C) by adding at the end of paragraph (2) 15 the following new subparagraphs: 16 ‘‘(C) COVERAGE FOR GENERIC DRUGS IN 17 COVERAGE GAP.— 18 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro19 vided in paragraph (4), the coverage for an 20 applicable beneficiary (as defined in section 21
1860D–14A(g)(1)) has coinsurance (for
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costs above the initial coverage limit under
insurance percentage (specified in clause (ii)) for the year, or 6 ‘‘(II) actuarially equivalent 7 (using processes and methods estab8 lished under section 1860D–11(c)) to 9 an average expected payment of such percentage of such costs for covered 11 part D drugs that are not applicable 12 drugs under section 1860D– 13 14A(g)(2). 14 ‘‘(ii) GENERIC-GAP COINSURANCE PERCENTAGE.—The generic-gap coinsur16 ance percentage specified in this clause 17 for— 18 ‘‘(I) 2011 is 93 percent; 19 ‘‘(II) 2012 and each succeeding year before 2020 is the generic-gap 21 coinsurance percentage under this 22
clause for the previous year decreased
by 7 percentage points; and
‘‘(III) 2020 and each subsequent year is 25 percent.
IN COVERAGE GAP.—
vided in paragraph (4), the coverage for an applicable beneficiary (as defined in section 6 1860D–14A(g)(1)) has coinsurance (for 7 costs above the initial coverage limit under 8 paragraph (3) and below the out-of-pocket 9 threshold) for the negotiated price (as defined in section 1860D–14A(g)(6)) of cov11 ered part D drugs that are applicable 12 drugs under section 1860D–14A(g)(2) that 13 is— 14 ‘‘(I) equal to the difference between the applicable gap percentage 16 (specified in clause (ii) for the year) 17 and the discount percentage specified 18 in section 1860D–14A(g)(4)(A) for 19 such applicable drugs, or ‘‘(II) actuarially equivalent
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(using processes and methods estab
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lished under section 1860D–11(c)) to
percentage of such costs, for covered part D drugs that are applicable
14A(g)(2). 3 ‘‘(ii) APPLICABLE GAP PERCENT4
AGE.—The applicable gap percentage spec
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ified in this clause for— 6 ‘‘(I) 2013 and 2014 is 97.5 per7 cent; 8 ‘‘(II) 2015 and 2016 is 95 per9 cent; 10 ‘‘(III) 2017 is 90 percent; 11 ‘‘(IV) 2018 is 85 percent; 12 ‘‘(V) 2019 is 80 percent; and 13 ‘‘(VI) 2020 and each subsequent 14 year is 75 percent.’’; 15 (D) in paragraph (3)(A), as restored under 16 subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘paragraph (4)’’ 17 and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2)(C), (2)(D), and 18 (4)’’; 19 (E) in paragraph (4)(E), by inserting be20 fore the period at the end the following: ‘‘, ex21
cept that incurred costs shall not include the
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portion of the negotiated price that represents
(4) in section 1860D–22(a)(2)(A), by inserting
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before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, not
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taking into account the value of any discount or cov
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erage provided during the gap in prescription drug coverage that occurs between the initial coverage 6 limit under section 1860D–2(b)(3) during the year 7 and the out-of-pocket threshold specified in section 8 1860D–2(b)(4)(B)’’. 9 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO AMP UNDER MEDICAID.—Section 1927(k)(1)(B)(i) of the Social Secu11 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–8(k)(1)(B)(i)), as amended by 12 section 2503(a)(2)(B) of the Patient Protection and Af13 fordable Care Act, is amended— 14 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subclause (III); 16 (2) by striking the period at the end of sub17 clause (IV); and 18 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub19 clause: ‘‘(V) discounts provided by man21 ufacturers under section 1860D– 22 14A.’’. 23 SEC. 1102. MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PAYMENTS. 24
(a) REPEAL.—Effective as if included in the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,
28 1 sections 3201 and 3203 of such Act (and the amendments 2 made by such sections) are repealed. 3
(b) PHASE-IN OF MODIFIED BENCHMARKS.—Section 4 1853 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–23) 5 is amended— 6 (1) in subsection (j)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘(or, be7 ginning with 2007, 1⁄12 of the applicable amount de8 termined under subsection (k)(1)) for the area for 9 the year’’ and inserting ‘‘ for the area for the year 10 (or, for 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010, 1⁄12 of the ap11 plicable amount determined under subsection (k)(1) 12 for the area for the year; for 2011, 1⁄12 of the appli13 cable amount determined under subsection (k)(1) for 14 the area for 2010; and, beginning with 2012, 1⁄12 of 15 the blended benchmark amount determined under 16 subsection (n)(1) for the area for the year)’’; and 17 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub18 section: 19 ‘‘(n) DETERMINATION OF BLENDED BENCHMARK 20 AMOUNT.— 21
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection
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(j), subject to paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), the term
‘blended benchmark amount’ means for an area—
paragraph (2)(A) for the area and year; and 6 ‘‘(B) for a subsequent year the amount 7 specified in paragraph (2)(A) for the area and 8 year. 9 ‘‘(2) SPECIFIED AMOUNT.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The amount specified 11 in this subparagraph for an area and year is 12 the product of— 13 ‘‘(i) the base payment amount speci14 fied in subparagraph (E) for the area and year adjusted to take into account the 16 phase-out in the indirect costs of medical 17 education from capitation rates described 18 in subsection (k)(4); and 19 ‘‘(ii) the applicable percentage for the area for the year specified under subpara
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graph (B).
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‘‘(B) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE.—Subject
specified in this subparagraph for an area for a year in the case of an area that is ranked—
percent;
‘‘(ii) in the second highest quartile under such subparagraph for the previous 6 year is 100 percent; 7 ‘‘(iii) in the third highest quartile 8 under such subparagraph for the previous 9 year is 107.5 percent; or ‘‘(iv) in the lowest quartile under such 11 subparagraph for the previous year is 115 12 percent. 13 ‘‘(C) PERIODIC RANKING.—For purposes 14 of this paragraph in the case of an area located— 16 ‘‘(i) in 1 of the 50 States or the Dis17 trict of Columbia, the Secretary shall rank 18 such area in each year specified under sub19 section (c)(1)(D)(ii) based upon the level of the amount specified in subparagraph
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(A)(i) for such areas; or
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‘‘(ii) in a territory, the Secretary shall
upon the level of the amount specified in subparagraph (A)(i) for such area relative
to quartile rankings computed under clause 2 (i). 3
APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE.—If, for a year after 2012, there is a change in the quartile in which 6 an area is ranked compared to the previous 7 year, the applicable percentage for the area in 8 the year shall be the average of— 9 ‘‘(i) the applicable percentage for the area for the previous year; and 11 ‘‘(ii) the applicable percentage that 12 would otherwise apply for the area for the 13 year. 14 ‘‘(E) BASE PAYMENT AMOUNT.—Subject to subparagraph (F), the base payment amount 16 specified in this subparagraph— 17 ‘‘(i) for 2012 is the amount specified 18 in subsection (c)(1)(D) for the area for the 19 year; or ‘‘(ii) for a subsequent year that—
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‘‘(I) is not specified under sub22 section (c)(1)(D)(ii), is the base 23
for the area for the previous year, increased by the national per capita MA
growth percentage, described in sub2 section (c)(6) for that succeeding 3
adjustment under subparagraph (C)
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of such subsection for a year before 6 2004; and 7 ‘‘(II) is specified under sub8 section (c)(1)(D)(ii), is the amount 9 specified in subsection (c)(1)(D) for 10 the area for the year. 11 ‘‘(F) APPLICATION OF INDIRECT MEDICAL 12 EDUCATION PHASE-OUT.—The base payment 13 amount specified in subparagraph (E) for a 14 year shall be adjusted in the same manner 15 under paragraph (4) of subsection (k) as the 16 applicable amount is adjusted under such sub17 section. 18 ‘‘(3) ALTERNATIVE PHASE-INS.— 19 ‘‘(A) 4-YEAR PHASE-IN FOR CERTAIN 20 AREAS.—If the difference between the applica21
ble amount (as defined in subsection (k)) for an
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area for 2010 and the projected 2010 bench
the blended benchmark amount for the area 2 is— 3
‘‘(i) for 2012 the sum of—
‘‘(I) 3⁄4 of the applicable amount for the area and year; and 6 ‘‘(II) 1⁄4 of the amount specified 7 in paragraph (2)(A) for the area and 8 year; 9 ‘‘(ii) for 2013 the sum of— ‘‘(I) 1⁄2 of the applicable amount 11 for the area and year; and 12 ‘‘(II) 1⁄2 of the amount specified 13 in paragraph (2)(A) for the area and 14 year; ‘‘(iii) for 2014 the sum of— 16 ‘‘(I) 1⁄4 of the applicable amount 17 for the area and year; and 18 ‘‘(II) 3⁄4 of the amount specified 19 in paragraph (2)(A) for the area and year; and
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‘‘(iv) for a subsequent year the
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amount specified in paragraph (2)(A) for
the area and year. 24 ‘‘(B) 6-YEAR PHASE-IN FOR CERTAIN AREAS.—If the difference between the applica
for the area is at least $50, the blended bench
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mark amount for the area is— 6 ‘‘(i) for 2012 the sum of— 7 ‘‘(I) 5⁄6 of the applicable amount 8 for the area and year; and 9 ‘‘(II) 1⁄6 of the amount specified 10 in paragraph (2)(A) for the area and 11 year; 12 ‘‘(ii) for 2013 the sum of— 13 ‘‘(I) 2⁄3 of the applicable amount 14 for the area and year; and 15 ‘‘(II) 1⁄3 of the amount specified 16 in paragraph (2)(A) for the area and 17 year; 18 ‘‘(iii) for 2014 the sum of— 19 ‘‘(I) 1⁄2 of the applicable amount 20 for the area and year; and 21
‘‘(II) 1⁄2 of the amount specified
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in paragraph (2)(A) for the area and 23 year; 24
‘‘(iv) for 2015 the sum of—
for the area and year; and
in paragraph (2)(A) for the area and
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year; and 6 ‘‘(v) for 2016 the sum of— 7 ‘‘(I) 1⁄6 of the applicable amount 8 for the area and year; and 9 ‘‘(II) 5⁄6 of the amount specified 10 in paragraph (2)(A) for the area and 11 year; and 12 ‘‘(vi) for a subsequent year the 13 amount specified in paragraph (2)(A) for 14 the area and year. 15 ‘‘(C) PROJECTED 2010 BENCHMARK 16 AMOUNT.—The projected 2010 benchmark 17 amount described in this subparagraph for an 18 area is equal to the sum of— 19 ‘‘(i) 1⁄2 of the applicable amount (as 20 defined in subsection (k)) for the area for 21
2010; and
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‘‘(ii) 1⁄2 of the amount specified in
would be specified under subpara
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graph (B) of paragraph (2) (deter6 mined without regard to subpara7 graph (D) of such paragraph) for the 8 area for 2010 if any reference in such 9 paragraph to ‘the previous year’ were 10 deemed a reference to 2010; and 11 ‘‘(II) the applicable percentage 12 increase that would apply to a quali13 fying plan in the area under sub14 section (o) as if any reference in such 15 subsection to 2012 were deemed a ref16 erence to 2010 and as if the deter17 mination of a qualifying county under 18 paragraph (3)(B) of such subsection 19 were made for 2010. 20 ‘‘(4) CAP ON BENCHMARK AMOUNT.—In no 21
case shall the blended benchmark amount for an
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area for a year (determined taking into account sub
the area for the year.
subsection shall not apply to payments to a PACE
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program under section 1894.’’. 6 (c) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE QUALITY IN7 CREASES.—Section 1853 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w– 8 23), as amended by subsection (b), is amended— 9 (1) in subsection (j), by inserting ‘‘subject to 10 subsection (o),’’ after ‘‘For purposes of this part,’’; 11 (2) in subsection (n)(2)(B), as added by sub12 section (b), by inserting ‘‘, subject to subsection (o)’’ 13 after ‘‘as follows’’; and 14 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub15 section: 16 ‘‘(o) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE QUALITY IN17 CREASES.— 18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the succeeding 19 paragraphs, in the case of a qualifying plan with re20 spect to a year beginning with 2012, the applicable 21
percentage under subsection (n)(2)(B) shall be in
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creased on a plan or contract level, as determined by
the Secretary—
‘‘(A) for 2012, by 1.5 percentage points;
‘‘(B) for 2013, by 3.0 percentage points; 2 and 3
percentage points. ‘‘(2) INCREASE FOR QUALIFYING PLANS IN 6 QUALIFYING COUNTIES.—The increase applied under 7 paragraph (1) for a qualifying plan located in a 8 qualifying county for a year shall be doubled. 9 ‘‘(3) QUALIFYING PLANS AND QUALIFYING COUNTY DEFINED; APPLICATION OF INCREASES TO 11 LOW ENROLLMENT AND NEW PLANS.—For purposes 12 of this subsection: 13 ‘‘(A) QUALIFYING PLAN.— 14 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualifying plan’ means, for a year and subject 16 to paragraph (4), a plan that had a quality 17 rating under paragraph (4) of 4 stars or 18 higher based on the most recent data avail19 able for such year. ‘‘(ii) APPLICATION OF INCREASES TO
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LOW ENROLLMENT PLANS.—
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‘‘(I) 2012.—For 2012, the term
that the Secretary determines is not able to have a quality rating under
ment. 3 ‘‘(II) 2013 AND SUBSEQUENT 4
YEARS.—For 2013 and subsequent years, for purposes of determining 6 whether an MA plan with low enroll7 ment (as defined by the Secretary) is 8 included as a qualifying plan, the Sec9 retary shall establish a method to apply to MA plans with low enroll11 ment (as defined by the Secretary) 12 the computation of quality rating and 13 the rating system under paragraph 14 (4). ‘‘(iii) APPLICATION OF INCREASES TO 16 NEW PLANS.— 17 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—A new MA 18 plan that meets criteria specified by 19 the Secretary shall be treated as a qualifying plan, except that in apply
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ing paragraph (1), the applicable per
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centage under subsection (n)(2)(B)
‘‘(aa) for 2012, by 1.5 percentage points;
centage points; and
quent year, by 3.5 percentage points. 6 ‘‘(II) NEW MA PLAN DEFINED.— 7 The term ‘new MA plan’ means, with 8 respect to a year, a plan offered by an 9 organization or sponsor that has not had a contract as a Medicare Advan11 tage organization in the preceding 3-12 year period. 13 ‘‘(B) QUALIFYING COUNTY.—The term 14 ‘qualifying county’ means, for a year, a county— 16 ‘‘(i) that has an MA capitation rate 17 that, in 2004, was based on the amount 18 specified in subsection (c)(1)(B) for a Met19 ropolitan Statistical Area with a population of more than 250,000;
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‘‘(ii) for which, as of December 2009,
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of the Medicare Advantage eligible individ
cent of such individuals were enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans; and
tures for individuals enrolled under the original medicare fee-for-service program 6 for the year. 7 ‘‘(4) QUALITY DETERMINATIONS FOR APPLICA8 TION OF INCREASE.— 9 ‘‘(A) QUALITY DETERMINATION.—The quality rating for a plan shall be determined ac11 cording to a 5-star rating system (based on the 12 data collected under section 1852(e)). 13 ‘‘(B) PLANS THAT FAILED TO REPORT.— 14 An MA plan which does not report data that enables the Secretary to rate the plan for pur16 poses of this paragraph shall be counted as hav17 ing a rating of fewer than 3.5 stars. 18 ‘‘(5) EXCEPTION FOR PACE PLANS.—This sub19 section shall not apply to payments to a PACE program under section 1894.’’. 21 (4) DETERMINATION OF MEDICARE PART D 22
LOW-INCOME BENCHMARK PREMIUM.—Section
(42 U.S.C. 1395w–114(b)(2)(B)(iii)) as amended by section 3302 of the Patient Protection and Afford-
1854(b)(1)(C) or bonus payment under section 1853(n)’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘and deter6 mined before the application of the monthly rebate 7 computed under section 1854(b)(1)(C)(i) for that 8 plan and year involved and, in the case of a quali9 fying plan, before the application of the increase under section 1853(o) for that plan and year in11 volved’’. 12 (d) BENEFICIARY REBATES.—Section 1854(b)(1)(C) 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–24(b)(1)(C)), as amended 14 by section 3202(b) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, is further amended— 16 (1) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘(or the applica17 ble rebate percentage specified in clause (iii) in the 18 case of plan years beginning on or after January 1, 19 2012)’’ after ‘‘75 percent’’; and
(2) by striking clause (iii), by redesignating
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clauses (iv) and (v) as clauses (vii) and (viii), respec
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tively, and by inserting after clause (ii) the following
new clauses:
‘‘(iii) APPLICABLE REBATE PERCENT-AGE.—The applicable rebate percentage
1853(o)(4)(A), is the sum of—
‘‘(I) the product of the old phase-
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in proportion for the year under 6 clause (iv) and 75 percent; and 7 ‘‘(II) the product of the new 8 phase-in proportion for the year under 9 clause (iv) and the final applicable re10 bate percentage under clause (v). 11 ‘‘(iv) OLD AND NEW PHASE-IN PRO12 PORTIONS.—For purposes of clause (iv)— 13 ‘‘(I) for 2012, the old phase-in 14 proportion is 2⁄3 and the new phase-in 15 proportion is 1⁄3; 16 ‘‘(II) for 2013, the old phase-in 17 proportion is 1⁄3 and the new phase-in 18 proportion is 2⁄3; and 19 ‘‘(III) for 2014 and any subse20 quent year, the old phase-in propor21
tion is 0 and the new phase-in propor22 tion is 1. 23
clause is—
quality rating under such system of at least 4.5 stars, 70 percent; 6 ‘‘(II) in the case of a plan with 7 a quality rating under such system of 8 at least 3.5 stars and less than 4.5 9 stars, 65 percent; and ‘‘(III) in the case of a plan with 11 a quality rating under such system of 12 less than 3.5 stars, 50 percent. 13 ‘‘(vi) TREATMENT OF LOW ENROLL14 MENT AND NEW PLANS.—For purposes of clause (v)— 16 ‘‘(I) for 2012, in the case of a 17 plan described in subclause (I) of sub18 section (o)(3)(A)(ii), the plan shall be 19 treated as having a rating of 4.5 stars; and
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‘‘(II) for 2012 or a subsequent
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year, in the case of a new MA plan
(as defined under subclause (III) of 24 subsection (o)(3)(A)(iii))) that is treated as a qualifying plan pursuant
(e) CODING INTENSITY ADJUSTMENT.—Section 5 1853(a)(1)(C)(ii) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w– 6 23(a)(1)(C)(ii)) is amended— 7 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘DURING PHASE8 OUT OF BUDGET NEUTRALITY FACTOR’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘OF CODING ADJUSTMENT’’; 10 (2) in the matter before subclause (I), by strik11 ing ‘‘through 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘and each subse12 quent year’’; and 13 (3) in subclause (II)— 14 (A) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘an15 nually’’ before ‘‘conduct an analysis’’; 16 (B) in the second sentence— 17 (i) by inserting ‘‘on a timely basis’’ 18 after ‘‘are incorporated’’; and 19 (ii) by striking ‘‘only for 2008, 2009, 20 and 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘for 2008 and 21
subsequent years’’;
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(C) in the third sentence, by inserting
at the end; and
(D) by adding at the end the following new
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subclauses:
3
‘‘(III) In calculating each year’s
4
adjustment for 2019 and subsequent
5
years, the adjustment factor shall be 6 no less than 5.7 percent. 7 ‘‘(IV) Such adjustment shall be 8 applied to risk scores until the Sec9 retary implements risk adjustment 10 using Medicare Advantage diagnostic, 11 cost, and use data.’’. 12 (f) REPEAL OF COMPARATIVE COST ADJUSTMENT 13 PROGRAM.—Section 1860C–1 of the Social Security Act 14 (42 U.S.C. 1395w–29), as added by section 241(a) of the 15 Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Mod16 ernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–173), is repealed. 17 SEC. 1103. SAVINGS FROM LIMITS ON MA PLAN ADMINIS18 TRATIVE COSTS. 19 Section 1857(e) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 20 1395w–27(e)) is amended by adding at the end the fol21 lowing new paragraph: 22 ‘‘(4) REQUIREMENT FOR MINIMUM MEDICAL 23
LOSS RATIO.—If the Secretary determines for a con
.85—
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‘‘(A) the MA plan shall remit to the Sec
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retary an amount equal to the product of— ‘‘(i) the total revenue of the MA plan 6 under this part for the contract year; and 7 ‘‘(ii) the difference between .85 and 8 the medical loss ratio; 9 ‘‘(B) for 3 consecutive contract years, the Secretary shall not permit the enrollment of 11 new enrollees under the plan for coverage dur12 ing the second succeeding contract year; and 13 ‘‘(C) the Secretary shall terminate the plan 14 contract if the plan fails to have such a medical loss ratio for 5 consecutive contract years. 16 Amounts collected pursuant to subparagraph (A) 17 shall be deposited into the Centers for Medicare & 18 Medicaid Program Management Account to be avail19 able until expended.’’.
SEC. 1104. DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE HOSPITAL (DSH)
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PAYMENTS.
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Section 1886(r) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 23 1395ww(r)), as added by section 3133 of the Patient Pro24 tection and Affordable Care Act and as amended by section 10316 of such Act, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2015’’ and
2
inserting ‘‘2014’’; and
3
(2) in paragraph (2)—
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(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
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(A), by striking ‘‘2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’; 6 (B) in subparagraph (B)(i)— 7 (i) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘2014,’’ 8 after ‘‘YEARS’’; 9 (ii) in the matter preceding subclause 10 (I), by inserting ‘‘2014,’’ after ‘‘each of fis11 cal years’’; 12 (iii) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘on 13 such Act’’ and inserting ‘‘on the Health 14 Care and Education Affordability Rec15 onciliation Act of 2010’’; and 16 (iv) in the matter following subclause 17 (II), by striking ‘‘minus 1.5 percentage 18 points’’ and inserting ‘‘minus 0.1 percent19 age points for fiscal year 2014 and minus
20 0.2 percentage points for each of fiscal 21
years 2015, 2016, and 2017’’; and
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(C) in subparagraph (B)(ii), in the matter
(a) IPPS.—Section 1886(b)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(b)(3)(B)), as amended by 6 sections 3401(a)(4) and 10319(a) of the Patient Protec7 tion and Affordable Care Act, is amended— 8 (1) in clause (xii)— 9 (A) by placing the subclause (II) (inserted by section 10319(a)(3) of the Patient Protec11 tion and Affordable Care Act) immediately after 12 subclause (I) and, in such subclause (II), by 13 striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 14 (B) by striking subclause (III) and inserting the following: 16 ‘‘(III) for fiscal year 2014, by 0.3 percentage 17 point; 18 ‘‘(IV) for each of fiscal years 2015 and 2016, 19 by 0.2 percentage point; and ‘‘(V) for each of fiscal years 2017, 2018, and
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2019, by 0.75 percentage point.’’; and
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(2) by striking clause (xiii). 23 (b) LONG-TERM CARE HOSPITALS.—Section 24 1886(m)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(m)(4)), as added by section 3401(c) of the Pa
50 1 tient Protection and Affordable Care Act and amended by 2 section 10319(b) of such Act, is amended— 3
(1) in subparagraph (A)—
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(A) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 6 (B) by striking clause (iv) and inserting 7 the following: 8 ‘‘(iv) for rate year 2014, 0.3 percent9 age point; ‘‘(v) for each of rate years 2015 and 11 2016, 0.2 percentage point; and 12 ‘‘(vi) for each of rate years 2017, 13 2018, and 2019, 0.75 percentage point.’’; 14 (2) by striking subparagraph (B); and
(3) by striking ‘‘(4) OTHER ADJUSTMENT.—’’ 16 and all that follows through ‘‘For purposes’’ and in17 serting ‘‘(4) OTHER ADJUSTMENT.—For purposes’’ 18 (and redesignating clauses (i) through (vi) as sub19 paragraphs (A) through (F), respectively, with appropriate indentation).
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(c) INPATIENT REHABILITATION FACILITIES.—Sec22 tion 1886(j)(3)(D) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 23 1395ww(j)(3)(D)), as added by section 3401(d)(2) of the 24 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and amended by section 10319(c) of such Act, is amended—
(1) in clause (i)—
2
(A) by placing the subclause (II) (inserted
3
by section 10319(c)(3) of the Patient Protec
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tion and Affordable Care Act) immediately after subclause (I) and, in such subclause (II), by 6 striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 7 (B) by striking subclause (III) and insert8 ing the following: 9 ‘‘(III) for fiscal year 2014, 0.3 percentage point; 11 ‘‘(IV) for each of fiscal years 12 2015 and 2016, 0.2 percentage point; 13 and 14 ‘‘(V) for each of fiscal years 2017, 2018, and 2019, 0.75 percent16 age point.’’; 17 (2) by striking clause (ii); and 18 (3) by striking ‘‘(D) OTHER ADJUSTMENT.—’’ 19 and all that follows through ‘‘For purposes’’ and inserting ‘‘(D) OTHER ADJUSTMENT.—For purposes’’
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(and redesignating subclauses (I) through (V) as
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clauses (i) through (v), respectively, with appropriate
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indentation).
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(d) PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS.—Section 1886(s)(3) of the Social Security Act, as added by section 3401(f) of
52 1 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and 2 amended by section 10319(e) of such Act, is amended— 3
(1) in subparagraph (A)—
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(A) by placing the clause (ii) (inserted by section 10319(e)(3) of the Patient Protection 6 and Affordable Care Act) immediately after 7 clause (i) and, in such clause (ii), by striking 8 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 9 (B) by striking clause (iii) and inserting the following: 11 ‘‘(iii) for the rate year beginning in 12 2014, 0.3 percentage point; 13 ‘‘(iv) for each of the rate years begin14 ning in 2015 and 2016, 0.2 percentage point; and 16 ‘‘(v) for each of the rate years begin17 ning in 2017, 2018, and 2019, 0.75 per18 centage point.’’; 19 (2) by striking subparagraph (B); and
(3) by striking ‘‘(3) OTHER ADJUSTMENT.—’’
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and all that follows through ‘‘For purposes’’ and in
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serting ‘‘(3) OTHER ADJUSTMENT.—For purposes’’
paragraphs (A) through (E), respectively, with appropriate indentation).
1 (e) OUTPATIENT HOSPITALS.—Section 2 1833(t)(3)(G) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 3 1395l(t)(3)(G)), as added by section 3401(i)(2) of the Pa4 tient Protection and Affordable Care Act and amended by 5 section 10319(g) of such Act, is amended— 6 (1) in clause (i)— 7 (A) by placing the subclause (II) (inserted 8 by section 10319(g)(3) of the Patient Protec9 tion and Affordable Care Act) immediately after 10 subclause (I) and, in such subclause (II), by 11 striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 12 (B) by striking subclause (III) and insert13 ing the following: 14 ‘‘(III) for 2014, 0.3 percentage 15 point; 16 ‘‘(IV) for each of 2015 and 2016,
17 0.2 percentage point; and 18 ‘‘(V) for each of 2017, 2018, and 19 2019, 0.75 percentage point.’’; 20 (2) by striking clause (ii); and 21
(3) by striking ‘‘(G) OTHER ADJUSTMENT.—’’
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and all that follows through ‘‘For purposes’’ and in
indentation).
Section 1877(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 5 1395nn(i)), as added by section 6001(a)(3) of the Patient 6 Protection and Affordable Care Act and as amended by 7 section 10601(a) of such Act, is amended— 8 (1) in paragraph (1)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘August 9 1, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2010’’; and 10 (2) in paragraph (3)— 11 (A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking 12 ‘‘an applicable hospital (as defined in subpara13 graph (E))’’ and inserting ‘‘a hospital that is an 14 applicable hospital (as defined in subparagraph 15 (E)) or is a high Medicaid facility described in 16 subparagraph (F)’’; 17 (B) in subparagraph (C)(iii), by inserting 18 after ‘‘date of enactment of this subsection’’ the 19 following: ‘‘(or, in the case of a hospital that 20 did not have a provider agreement in effect as 21
of such date but does have such an agreement
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in effect on December 31, 2010, the effective
(C) by redesignating subparagraphs (F)
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through (H) as subparagraphs (G) through (I),
3
respectively; and
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(D) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraph: 6 ‘‘(F) HIGH MEDICAID FACILITY DE7 SCRIBED.—A high Medicaid facility described in 8 this subparagraph is a hospital that— 9 ‘‘(i) is not the sole hospital in a county; 11 ‘‘(ii) with respect to each of the 3 12 most recent years for which data are avail13 able, has an annual percent of total inpa14 tient admissions that represent inpatient admissions under title XIX that is esti16 mated to be greater than such percent with 17 respect to such admissions for any other 18 hospital located in the county in which the 19 hospital is located; and ‘‘(iii) meets the conditions described
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in subparagraph (E)(iii).’’.
Section 1848 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 24 1395w–4), as amended by section 3135(a) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(4)—
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(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘this
3
paragraph’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’; 4 and
(B) by amending subparagraph (C) to read 6 as follows: 7 ‘‘(C) ADJUSTMENT IN IMAGING UTILIZA8 TION RATE.—With respect to fee schedules es9 tablished for 2011 and subsequent years, in the methodology for determining practice expense 11 relative value units for expensive diagnostic im12 aging equipment under the final rule published 13 by the Secretary in the Federal Register on No14 vember 25, 2009 (42 CFR 410, et al.), the Secretary shall use a 75 percent assumption in16 stead of the utilization rates otherwise estab17 lished in such final rule.’’; and 18 (2) in subsection (c)(2)(B)(v), by striking sub19 clauses (III), (IV), and (V) and inserting the following new subclause: 21 ‘‘(III) CHANGE IN UTILIZATION 22 RATE FOR CERTAIN IMAGING SERV23
ICES.—Effective for fee schedules es
tablished beginning with 2011, reduced expenditures attributable to the
Subtitle C—Medicaid
5 SEC. 1201. FEDERAL FUNDING FOR STATES. 6 Section 1905 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 7 1396d), as amended by sections 2001(a)(3) and 10201(c) 8 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, is 9 amended— 10 (1) in subsection (y)— 11 (A) by redesignating subclause (II) of 12 paragraph (1)(B)(ii) as paragraph (5) of sub13 section (z) and realigning the left margins ac14 cordingly; and 15 (B) by striking paragraph (1) and insert16 ing the following: 17 ‘‘(1) AMOUNT OF INCREASE.—Notwithstanding 18 subsection (b), the Federal medical assistance per19 centage for a State that is one of the 50 States or 20 the District of Columbia, with respect to amounts 21
expended by such State for medical assistance for
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newly eligible individuals described in subclause
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(VIII) of section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i), shall be equal 24 to—
2014, 2015, and 2016;
2017; ‘‘(C) 94 percent for calendar quarters in 6 2018; 7 ‘‘(D) 93 percent for calendar quarters in 8 2019; and 9 ‘‘(E) 90 percent for calendar quarters in 2020 and each year thereafter.’’; and 11 (2) in subsection (z)— 12 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Sep13 tember 30, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 14 2015’’ and by striking ‘‘subsection (y)(1)(B)(ii)(II)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 16 (3)’’; 17 (B) by striking paragraphs (2) through (4) 18 and inserting the following: 19 ‘‘(2)(A) For calendar quarters in 2014 and each year thereafter, the Federal medical assistance
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percentage otherwise determined under subsection
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(b) for an expansion State described in paragraph
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(3) with respect to medical assistance for individuals
described in section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII) who are nonpregnant childless adults with respect to whom
‘‘(B)(i) The percent specified in this subparagraph for a State for a year is equal to the Federal 6 medical assistance percentage (as defined in the first 7 sentence of subsection (b)) for the State increased 8 by a number of percentage points equal to the tran9 sition percentage (specified in clause (ii) for the year) of the number of percentage points by which— 11 ‘‘(I) such Federal medical assistance per12 centage for the State, is less than 13 ‘‘(II) the percent specified in subsection 14 (y)(1) for the year. ‘‘(ii) The transition percentage specified in this 16 clause for— 17 ‘‘(I) 2014 is 50 percent; 18 ‘‘(II) 2015 is 60 percent; 19 ‘‘(III) 2016 is 70 percent; ‘‘(IV) 2017 is 80 percent;
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‘‘(V) 2018 is 90 percent; and
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‘‘(VI) 2019 and each subsequent year is
100 percent.’’; and
(C) by redesignating paragraph (5) (as added by paragraph (1)(A) of this section) as
SEC. 1202. PAYMENTS TO PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS.
6 (a) IN GENERAL.— 7 (1) FEE-FOR-SERVICE PAYMENTS.—Section 8 1902 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a), 9 as amended by section 2303(a)(2) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, is amended— 11 (A) in subsection (a)(13)— 12 (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 13 subparagraph (A); 14 (ii) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (B); and 16 (iii) by adding at the end the fol17 lowing new subparagraph: 18 ‘‘(C) payment for primary care services (as 19 defined in subsection (jj)) furnished in 2013 and 2014 by a physician with a primary spe
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cialty designation of family medicine, general
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internal medicine, or pediatric medicine at a
rate that applies to such services and physician under part B of title XVIII (or, if greater, the
sion factor under such section for 2009);’’; and
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(B) by adding at the end the following new 6 subsection: 7 ‘‘(jj) PRIMARY CARE SERVICES DEFINED.—For pur8 poses of subsection (a)(13)(C), the term ‘primary care 9 services’ means— 10 ‘‘(1) evaluation and management services that 11 are procedure codes (for services covered under title 12 XVIII) for services in the category designated Eval13 uation and Management in the Healthcare Common 14 Procedure Coding System (established by the Sec15 retary under section 1848(c)(5) as of December 31, 16 2009, and as subsequently modified); and 17 ‘‘(2) services related to immunization adminis18 tration for vaccines and toxoids for which CPT codes 19 90465, 90466, 90467, 90468, 90471, 90472, 90473, 20 or 90474 (as subsequently modified) apply under 21
such System.’’. 22 (2) UNDER MEDICAID MANAGED CARE 23
1396u–2(f)) is amended—
(A) in the heading, by adding at the end
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the following: ‘‘; ADEQUACY OF PAYMENT FOR
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PRIMARY CARE SERVICES’’; and
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(B) by inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘and, in the case of primary 6 care services described in section 7 1902(a)(13)(C), consistent with the minimum 8 payment rates specified in such section (regard9 less of the manner in which such payments are made, including in the form of capitation or 11 partial capitation)’’. 12 (b) INCREASE IN PAYMENT USING INCREASED 13 FMAP.—Section 1905 of the Social Security Act, as 14 amended by section 1004(b) of this Act and section 10201(c)(6) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 16 Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new 17 subsection: 18 ‘‘(dd) INCREASED FMAP FOR ADDITIONAL EXPEND19 ITURES FOR PRIMARY CARE SERVICES.—Notwithstanding subsection (b), with respect to the portion of the amounts 21 expended for medical assistance for services described in 22 section 1902(a)(13)(C) furnished on or after January 1, 23 2013, and before January 1, 2015, that is attributable to 24 the amount by which the minimum payment rate required under such section (or, by application, section 1932(f)) ex-
63 1 ceeds the payment rate applicable to such services under 2 the State plan as of July 1, 2009, the Federal medical 3 assistance percentage for a State that is one of the 50 4 States or the District of Columbia shall be equal to 100 5 percent. The preceding sentence does not prohibit the pay6 ment of Federal financial participation based on the Fed7 eral medical assistance percentage for amounts in excess 8 of those specified in such sentence.’’. 9 SEC. 1203. DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE HOSPITAL PAY10 MENTS. 11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1923(f) of the Social Se12 curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–4(f)), as amended by sections 13 2551(a)(4) and 10201(e)(1) of the Patient Protection and 14 Affordable Care Act, is amended— 15 (1) in paragraph (6)(B)(iii), in the matter pre16 ceding subclause (I), by striking ‘‘or paragraph (7)’’; 17 and 18 (2) by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the 19 following: 20 ‘‘(7) MEDICAID DSH REDUCTIONS.— 21
‘‘(A) REDUCTIONS.—
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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For each of fiscal
shall effect the following reductions:
DSH allotments to States in the 4 amount specified under the DSH 5
health reform methodology under sub6 paragraph (B) for the State for the 7 fiscal year. 8 ‘‘(II) REDUCTIONS IN PAY9 MENTS.—The Secretary shall reduce 10 payments to States under section 11 1903(a) for each calendar quarter in 12 the fiscal year, in the manner speci13 fied in clause (iii), in an amount equal 14 to 1⁄4 of the DSH allotment reduction 15 under subclause (I) for the State for 16 the fiscal year. 17 ‘‘(ii) AGGREGATE REDUCTIONS.—The 18 aggregate reductions in DSH allotments 19 for all States under clause (i)(I) shall be 20 equal to— 21
‘‘(I) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 22 2014; 23 ‘‘(II) $600,000,000 for fiscal 24
year 2015;
year 2016;
year 2017;
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‘‘(V) $5,000,000,000 for fiscal 6 year 2018; 7 ‘‘(VI) $5,600,000,000 for fiscal 8 year 2019; and 9 ‘‘(VII) $4,000,000,000 for fiscal 10 year 2020. 11 The Secretary shall distribute such aggre12 gate reductions among States in accord13 ance with subparagraph (B). 14 ‘‘(iii) MANNER OF PAYMENT REDUC15 TION.—The amount of the payment reduc16 tion under clause (i)(II) for a State for a 17 quarter shall be deemed an overpayment to 18 the State under this title to be disallowed 19 against the State’s regular quarterly draw 20 for all spending under section 1903(d)(2). 21
Such a disallowance is not subject to a re
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consideration under subsections (d) and (e)
of section 1116.
66 1 ‘‘(iv) DEFINITION.—In this para2
States and the District of Columbia.
‘‘(B) DSH HEALTH REFORM METHOD-OLOGY.—The Secretary shall carry out sub6 paragraph (A) through use of a DSH Health 7 Reform methodology that meets the following 8 requirements: 9 ‘‘(i) The methodology imposes the largest percentage reductions on the States 11 that— 12 ‘‘(I) have the lowest percentages 13 of uninsured individuals (determined 14 on the basis of data from the Bureau of the Census, audited hospital cost 16 reports, and other information likely 17 to yield accurate data) during the 18 most recent year for which such data 19 are available; or ‘‘(II) do not target their DSH
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payments on— 22 ‘‘(aa) hospitals with high 23
volumes of Medicaid inpatients 24 (as defined in subsection (b)(1)(A)); and
67 1 ‘‘(bb) hospitals that have 2 high levels of uncompensated 3
care (excluding bad debt). 4 ‘‘(ii) The methodology imposes a smaller percentage reduction on low DSH 6 States described in paragraph (5)(B). 7 ‘‘(iii) The methodology takes into ac8 count the extent to which the DSH allot9 ment for a State was included in the budget neutrality calculation for a coverage ex11 pansion approved under section 1115 as of 12 July 31, 2009.’’. 13 (b) EXTENSION OF DSH ALLOTMENT.—Section 14 1923(f)(6)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-4(f)(6)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the 16 following: 17 ‘‘(v) ALLOTMENT FOR 2D, 3RD, AND 18 4TH QUARTERS OF FISCAL YEAR 2012 AND 19 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013.—Notwithstanding the table set forth in paragraph (2): 21 ‘‘(I) 2D, 3RD, AND 4TH QUAR22 TERS OF FISCAL YEAR 2012.—In the 23
case of a State that has a DSH allot
ment of $0 for the 2d, 3rd, and 4th quarters of fiscal year 2012, the DSH
case of a State that has a DSH allotment of $0 for fiscal year 2013, the 6 DSH allotment shall be $53,100,000 7 for such fiscal year.’’. 8 SEC. 1204. FUNDING FOR THE TERRITORIES. 9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part III of subtitle D of title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as 11 amended by section 10104(m) of such Act, is amended 12 by inserting after section 1322 the following section: 13 ‘‘SEC. 1323. FUNDING FOR THE TERRITORIES. 14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A territory that— ‘‘(1) elects consistent with subsection (b) to es16 tablish an Exchange in accordance with part II of 17 this subtitle and establishes such an Exchange in ac18 cordance with such part shall be treated as a State 19 for purposes of such part and shall be entitled to payment from the amount allocated to the territory
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under subsection (c); or
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‘‘(2) does not make such election shall be enti
to the territory under subsections (f) and (g) of section 1108 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
subsections. ‘‘(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—An election under 6 subsection (a)(1) shall— 7 ‘‘(1) not be effective unless the election is con8 sistent with a form and manner specified by the Sec9 retary and is received not later than October 1, 2013; and 11 ‘‘(2) be contingent upon entering into an agree12 ment between the territory and the Secretary that 13 requires that— 14 ‘‘(A) funds provided under the agreement shall be used only to provide premium and cost-16 sharing assistance to residents of the territory 17 obtaining health insurance coverage through the 18 Exchange; and 19 ‘‘(B) the premium and cost-sharing assistance provided under such agreement shall be
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structured in such a manner so as to prevent
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any gap in assistance for individuals between
available through the territory’s Medicaid plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act and
ment.
‘‘(c) APPROPRIATION AND ALLOCATION.— ‘‘(1) APPROPRIATION.—Out of any funds in the 6 Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is appro7 priated for purposes of payment pursuant to sub8 section (a) $1,000,000,000, to be available during 9 the period beginning with 2014 and ending with 2019. 11 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION.—The Secretary shall allo12 cate the amount appropriated under paragraph (1) 13 among the territories for purposes of carrying out 14 this section as follows: ‘‘(A) For Puerto Rico, $925,000,000. 16 ‘‘(B) For another territory, the portion of 17 $75,000,000 specified by the Secretary.’’. 18 (b) MEDICAID FUNDING.— 19 (1) INCREASE IN FUNDING CAPS.—Section 1108(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
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1308(g)), as amended by section 2005(a) of the Pa
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tient Protection and Affordable Care Act, is amend23 ed— 24
(A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and section 1323(a)(2) of the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act’’ after ‘‘subject to’’; 2 and 3
(B) by striking paragraph (5) and insert
4
ing the following:
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‘‘(5) ADDITIONAL INCREASE.—The Secretary 6 shall increase the amounts otherwise determined 7 under this subsection for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Is8 lands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and 9 American Samoa (after the application of subsection 10 (f) and the preceding paragraphs of this subsection) 11 for the period beginning July 1, 2011, and ending 12 on September 30, 2019, by such amounts that the 13 total additional payments under title XIX to such 14 territories equals $6,300,000,000 for such period. 15 The Secretary shall increase such amounts in pro16 portion to the amounts applicable to such territories 17 under this subsection and subsection (f) on the date 18 of enactment of this paragraph.’’. 19 (2) DISREGARD OF PAYMENTS; INCREASED 20 FMAP.—Section 2005 of the Patient Protection and 21
Affordable Care Act is amended—
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(A) by repealing subsection (b) (and the
been enacted; and
(B) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘Jan
4
uary’’ and inserting ‘‘July’’.
5 SEC. 1205. DELAY IN COMMUNITY FIRST CHOICE OPTION. 6 Section 1915(k)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 7 U.S.C. 1396n(k)), as added by section 2401 of the Patient 8 Protection and Affordable Care Act, is amended by strik9 ing ‘‘October 1, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2011’’. 10 SEC. 1206. DRUG REBATES FOR NEW FORMULATIONS OF 11 EXISTING DRUGS. 12 (a) TREATMENT OF NEW FORMULATIONS.—Sub13 paragraph (C) of section 1927(c)(2) of the Social Security 14 Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–8(c)(2)), as added by section 15 2501(d) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 16 Act, is amended to read as follows: 17 ‘‘(C) TREATMENT OF NEW FORMULA18 TIONS.—In the case of a drug that is a line ex19 tension of a single source drug or an innovator 20 multiple source drug that is an oral solid dos21
age form, the rebate obligation with respect to
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such drug under this section shall be the
new drug or, if greater, the product of—
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‘‘(ii) the highest additional rebate 6 (calculated as a percentage of average 7 manufacturer price) under this section for 8 any strength of the original single source 9 drug or innovator multiple source drug; 10 and 11 ‘‘(iii) the total number of units of 12 each dosage form and strength of the line 13 extension product paid for under the State 14 plan in the rebate period (as reported by 15 the State). 16 In this subparagraph, the term ‘line extension’ 17 means, with respect to a drug, a new formula18 tion of the drug, such as an extended release 19 formulation.’’. 20 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 21 subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enact22 ment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1861(ff)(3)(B) of the So5 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(ff)(3)(B)) is amend6 ed— 7 (1) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 8 (2) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); 9 and 10 (3) by inserting after clause (ii) the following: 11 ‘‘(iii) provides a significant share of its services 12 to individuals who are not eligible for benefits under 13 this title; and’’. 14 (b) RESTRICTION.—Section 1861(ff)(3)(A) of such 15 Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(ff)(3)(A)) is amended by inserting 16 ‘‘other than in an individual’s home or in an inpatient or 17 residential setting’’ before the period. 18 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 19 this section shall apply to items and services furnished on 20 or after the first day of the first calendar quarter that 21 begins at least 12 months after the date of the enactment 22 of this Act.
ITATIONS .
Section 1874A(h) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395w–3a(h)) is repealed.
SEC. 1303. CMS–IRS DATA MATCH TO IDENTIFY FRAUDU
LENT PROVIDERS.
(a) AUTHORITY TO DISCLOSE RETURN INFORMATION CONCERNING OUTSTANDING TAX DEBTS FOR PURPOSES OF ENHANCING MEDICARE PROGRAM INTEGRITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6103(l) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(22) DISCLOSURE OF RETURN INFORMATION TO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR PURPOSES OF ENHANCING MEDICARE PROGRAM INTEGRITY.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, upon written request from the Secretary of Health and Human Services, disclose to officers and employees of the Department of Health and Human Services return information with respect to a taxpayer who has applied to enroll, or reenroll, as a provider of services or supplier under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act. Such return information shall be limited to—
linquent tax debt owed by that taxpayer; and 6 ‘‘(iii) the taxable year to which the se7 riously delinquent tax debt pertains. 8 ‘‘(B) RESTRICTION ON DISCLOSURE.—Re9 turn information disclosed under subparagraph
(A) may be used by officers and employees of 11 the Department of Health and Human Services 12 for the purposes of, and to the extent necessary 13 in, establishing the taxpayer’s eligibility for en14 rollment or reenrollment in the Medicare program, or in any administrative or judicial pro16 ceeding relating to, or arising from, a denial of 17 such enrollment or reenrollment, or in deter18 mining the level of enhanced oversight to be ap19 plied with respect to such taxpayer pursuant to section 1866(j)(3) of the Social Security Act.
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‘‘(C) SERIOUSLY DELINQUENT TAX
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DEBT.—For purposes of this paragraph, the
outstanding debt under this title for which a notice of lien has been filed pursuant to section
debt with respect to which a collection due proc
5
ess hearing under section 6330, or relief under 6 subsection (a), (b), or (f) of section 6015, is re7 quested or pending.’’. 8 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 9 6103(p)(4) of such Code, as amended by sections 10 1414 and 3308 the Patient Protection and Afford11 able Care Act, in the matter preceding subparagraph 12 (A) and in subparagraph (F)(ii), is amended by 13 striking ‘‘or (17)’’ and inserting ‘‘(17), or (22)’’ 14 each place it appears. 15 (b) SECRETARY’S AUTHORITY TO USE INFORMATION 16 FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY IN MEDICARE 17 ENROLLMENTS AND REENROLLMENTS.—Section 18 1866(j)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 19 1395cc(j)), as inserted by section 6401(a) of the Patient 20 Protection and Affordable Care Act, is further amended— 21
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub
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paragraph (F); and
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(2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol
lowing new subparagraph:
78 1 ‘‘(E) USE OF INFORMATION FROM THE 2 DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY CONCERNING TAX 3
vider of services or supplier to enroll or reenroll
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under the program under this title, the Sec6 retary shall determine, on the basis of informa7 tion supplied by the Secretary of the Treasury 8 pursuant to section 6103(l)(22) of the Internal 9 Revenue Code of 1986, whether to deny such 10 application or to apply enhanced oversight to 11 such provider of services or supplier pursuant 12 to paragraph (3) if the Secretary determines 13 such provider of services or supplier owes such 14 a debt.’’. 15 (c) AUTHORITY TO ADJUST PAYMENTS OF PRO16 VIDERS OF SERVICES AND SUPPLIERS WITH THE SAME 17 TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER FOR MEDICARE OBLIGA18 TIONS.—Section 1866(j)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 19 U.S.C. 1395cc(j)(5)), as inserted by section 6401(a) of the 20 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, is amended— 21
(1) in the paragraph heading, by striking
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‘‘PAST-DUE’’ and inserting ‘‘MEDICARE’’;
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(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘past-due
(B)(ii) due from such’’; and
(3) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘a
4
past-due obligation’’ and inserting ‘‘an amount that
5
is more than the amount required to be paid’’.
6 SEC. 1304. FUNDING TO FIGHT FRAUD, WASTE, AND ABUSE. 7 (a) FUNDING TO FIGHT FRAUD, WASTE, AND 8 ABUSE.— 9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1817(k) of the So10 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i(k)), as amended 11 by section 6402(i) of the Patient Protection and Af12 fordable Care Act, is further amended— 13 (A) by adding at the end the following new 14 paragraph: 15 ‘‘(8) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.— 16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the 17 funds otherwise appropriated to the Account 18 from the Trust Fund under paragraphs (3)(C) 19 and (4)(A) and for purposes described in para20 graphs (3)(C) and (4)(A), there are hereby ap21
propriated to such Account from such Trust
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Fund the following additional amounts: 23 ‘‘(i) For fiscal year 2011, 24
$95,000,000.
80 1 ‘‘(ii) For fiscal year 2012, 2
$55,000,000.
and 2014, $30,000,000. ‘‘(iv) For each of fiscal years 2015 6 and 2016, $20,000,000. 7 ‘‘(B) ALLOCATION.—The funds appro8 priated under this paragraph shall be allocated 9 in the same proportion as the total funding appropriated with respect to paragraphs (3)(A) 11 and (4)(A) was allocated with respect to fiscal 12 year 2010, and shall be available without fur13 ther appropriation until expended.’’; and 14 (B) in paragraph (4)(A), by inserting ‘‘for activities described in paragraph (3)(C) and’’ 16 after ‘‘necessary’’. 17 (b) MEDICAID INTEGRITY PROGRAM.—Section 18 1936(e)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396-u6(e)(1)) is 19 amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking at the end 21 ‘‘and’’; 22
(2) in subparagraph (C)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘for each fiscal year there
after’’ and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal years 2009 and 2010’’; and
(B) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘;
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and’’; and
3
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub
4
paragraph: ‘‘(D) for each fiscal year after fiscal year 6 2010, the amount appropriated under this para7 graph for the previous fiscal year, increased by 8 the percentage increase in the consumer price 9 index for all urban consumers (all items; United States city average) over the previous year.’’.
11 SEC. 1305. 90-DAY PERIOD OF ENHANCED OVERSIGHT FOR 12 INITIAL CLAIMS OF DME SUPPLIERS. 13 Section 1866(j), as amended by section 6401 of the 14 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, is further amended— 16 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 17 (7) as paragraphs (5) through (8), respectively; and 18 (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol19 lowing new paragraph: ‘‘(4) 90-DAY PERIOD OF ENHANCED OVERSIGHT
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FOR INITIAL CLAIMS OF DME SUPPLIERS.—For peri
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ods beginning after January 1, 2011, if the Sec
fraudulent activity among suppliers of durable medical equipment, in the case of a supplier of durable
such determination and who is initially enrolling 4 under such title, the Secretary shall, notwithstanding sections 1816(c), 1842(c), and 1869(a)(2), 6 withhold payment under such title with respect to 7 durable medical equipment furnished by such sup8 plier during the 90-day period beginning on the date 9 of the first submission of a claim under such title for durable medical equipment furnished by such 11 supplier.’’. 12 Subtitle E—Provisions Relating to 13 Revenue 14 SEC. 1401. HIGH-COST PLAN EXCISE TAX.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4980I of the Internal 16 Revenue Code of 1986, as added by section 9001 of the 17 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and amended 18 by section 10901 of such Act, is amended— 19 (1) in subsection (b)(3)(B)—
(A) by striking ‘‘The annual’’ and insert
21 ing the following:
22 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro
23 vided in clause (ii), the annual’’, and
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(B) by adding at the end the following new clause:
414(f)) shall be treated as coverage other than self-only coverage.’’, 6 (2) in subsection (b)(3)(C)— 7 (A) by striking ‘‘Except as provided in 8 subparagraph (D)—’’ 9 (B) in clause (i)—
(i) by striking ‘‘2013’’ each place it 11 appears in the heading and the text and 12 inserting ‘‘2018’’, 13 (ii) by striking ‘‘$8,500’’ in subclause 14 (I) and inserting ‘‘$10,200 multiplied by the health cost adjustment percentage (de16 termined by only taking into account self-17 only coverage)’’, and 18 (iii) by striking ‘‘$23,000’’ in sub19 clause (II) and inserting ‘‘$27,500 multiplied by the health cost adjustment per
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centage (determined by only taking into
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account coverage other than self-only cov23 erage)’’, 24
(C) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as clauses (iv) and (v), respectively, and by in-
clauses:
PERCENTAGE.—For purposes of clause (i), the health cost adjustment percentage is 6 equal to 100 percent plus the excess (if 7 any) of— 8 ‘‘(I) the percentage by which the 9 per employee cost for providing coverage under the Blue Cross/Blue 11 Shield standard benefit option under 12 the Federal Employees Health Bene13 fits Plan for plan year 2018 (deter14 mined by using the benefit package for such coverage in 2010) exceeds 16 such cost for plan year 2010, over 17 ‘‘(II) 55 percent. 18 ‘‘(iii) AGE AND GENDER ADJUST19 MENT.— ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The amount
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determined under subclause (I) or (II)
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of clause (i), whichever is applicable,
creased by the amount determined under subclause (II).
excess (if any) of—
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‘‘(aa) the premium cost of 6 the Blue Cross/Blue Shield 7 standard benefit option under the 8 Federal Employees Health Bene9 fits Plan for the type of coverage 10 provided such individual in such 11 taxable period if priced for the 12 age and gender characteristics of 13 all employees of the individual’s 14 employer, over 15 ‘‘(bb) that premium cost for 16 the provision of such coverage 17 under such option in such taxable 18 period if priced for the age and 19 gender characteristics of the na20 tional workforce.’’. 21
(D) in clause (iv), as redesignated by sub
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paragraph (C)—
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(i) by inserting ‘‘covered by the plan’’
(ii) by striking subclauses (I) and (II)
2
and inserting the following:
3
‘‘(I) the dollar amount in clause
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(i)(I) shall be increased by $1,650, 5 and 6 ‘‘(II) the dollar amount in clause 7 (i)(II) shall be increased by $3,450,’’, 8 and 9 (E) in clause (v), as redesignated by sub10 paragraph (C)— 11 (i) by striking ‘‘2013’’ and inserting 12 ‘‘2018’’, 13 (ii) by striking ‘‘clauses (i) and (ii)’’ 14 and inserting ‘‘clauses (i) (after the appli15 cation of clause (ii)) and (iv)’’, and 16 (iii) by inserting ‘‘in the case of deter17 minations for calendar years beginning be18 fore 2020’’ after ‘‘1 percentage point’’ in 19 subclause (II) thereof, 20 (3) by striking subparagraph (D) of subsection 21 (b)(3), 22
(4) in subsection (d)(1)(B), by redesignating
clause (i) the following new clause:
which are for treatment of the mouth (in
5
cluding any organ or structure within the 6 mouth) or for treatment of the eye, or’’, 7 and 8 (5) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 9 following new paragraph: 10 ‘‘(3) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘employee’ includes 11 any former employee, surviving spouse, or other pri12 mary insured individual.’’. 13 (b) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 14 (1) Section 9001(c) of the Patient Protection 15 and Affordable Care Act is amended by striking 16 ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 17 (2) Section 10901(c) of the Patient Protection 18 and Affordable Care Act is amended by striking 19 ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 20 SEC. 1402. MEDICARE TAX. 21
(a) INVESTMENT INCOME.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of the Internal
chapter 2 the following new chapter:
‘‘Sec. 1411. Imposition of tax.
2 ‘‘SEC. 1411. IMPOSITION OF TAX. 3
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 4 (e)— 5 ‘‘(1) APPLICATION TO INDIVIDUALS.—In the 6 case of an individual, there is hereby imposed (in ad7 dition to any other tax imposed by this subtitle) for 8 each taxable year a tax equal to 3.8 percent of the 9 lesser of— 10 ‘‘(A) net investment income for such tax11 able year, or 12 ‘‘(B) the excess (if any) of— 13 ‘‘(i) the modified adjusted gross in14 come for such taxable year, over 15 ‘‘(ii) the threshold amount. 16 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION TO ESTATES AND TRUSTS.— 17 In the case of an estate or trust, there is hereby im18 posed (in addition to any other tax imposed by this 19 subtitle) for each taxable year a tax of 3.8 percent 20
of the lesser of—
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‘‘(A) the undistributed net investment in
come for such taxable year, or
year, over
‘‘(ii) the dollar amount at which the
5
highest tax bracket in section 1(e) begins 6 for such taxable year. 7 ‘‘(b) THRESHOLD AMOUNT.—For purposes of this 8 chapter, the term ‘threshold amount’ means— 9 ‘‘(1) in the case of a taxpayer making a joint 10 return under section 6013 or a surviving spouse (as 11 defined in section 2(a)), $250,000, 12 ‘‘(2) in the case of a married taxpayer (as de13 fined in section 7703) filing a separate return, 1⁄2 of 14 the dollar amount determined under paragraph (1), 15 and 16 ‘‘(3) in any other case, $200,000. 17 ‘‘(c) NET INVESTMENT INCOME.—For purposes of 18 this chapter— 19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘net investment 20 income’ means the excess (if any) of— 21
‘‘(A) the sum of—
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‘‘(i) gross income from interest, divi
a trade or business described in paragraph
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(2), and 6 ‘‘(iii) net gain (to the extent taken 7 into account in computing taxable income) 8 attributable to the disposition of property 9 other than property held in a trade or 10 business not described in paragraph (2), 11 over 12 ‘‘(B) the deductions allowed by this sub13 title which are properly allocable to such gross 14 income or net gain. 15 ‘‘(2) TRADES AND BUSINESSES TO WHICH TAX 16 APPLIES.—A trade or business is described in this 17 paragraph if such trade or business is— 18 ‘‘(A) a passive activity (within the meaning 19 of section 469) with respect to the taxpayer, or 20 ‘‘(B) a trade or business of trading in fi21
nancial instruments or commodities (as defined
22
in section 475(e)(2)). 23 ‘‘(3) INCOME ON INVESTMENT OF WORKING 24 CAPITAL SUBJECT TO TAX.—A rule similar to the
of this subsection.
ESTS IN PARTNERSHIPS AND S CORPORATIONS.—In
5
the case of a disposition of an interest in a partner6 ship or S corporation— 7 ‘‘(A) gain from such disposition shall be 8 taken into account under clause (iii) of para9 graph (1)(A) only to the extent of the net gain 10 which would be so taken into account by the 11 transferor if all property of the partnership or 12 S corporation were sold for fair market value 13 immediately before the disposition of such inter14 est, and 15 ‘‘(B) a rule similar to the rule of subpara16 graph (A) shall apply to a loss from such dis17 position. 18 ‘‘(5) EXCEPTION FOR DISTRIBUTIONS FROM 19 QUALIFIED PLANS.—The term ‘net investment in20 come’ shall not include any distribution from a plan 21
or arrangement described in section 401(a), 403(a),
22
403(b), 408, 408A, or 457(b).
‘‘(d) MODIFIED ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME.—For 4 purposes of this chapter, the term ‘modified adjusted gross income’ means adjusted gross income increased by the ex6 cess of— 7 ‘‘(1) the amount excluded from gross income 8 under section 911(a)(1), over 9 ‘‘(2) the amount of any deductions (taken into account in computing adjusted gross income) or ex11 clusions disallowed under section 911(d)(6) with re12 spect to the amounts described in paragraph (1). 13 ‘‘(e) NONAPPLICATION OF SECTION.—This section 14 shall not apply to— ‘‘(1) a nonresident alien, or 16 ‘‘(2) a trust all of the unexpired interests in 17 which are devoted to one or more of the purposes 18 described in section 170(c)(2)(B).’’. 19 (2) ESTIMATED TAXES.—Section 6654 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—
21
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘and the
22
tax under chapter 2’’ and inserting ‘‘the tax
23
under chapter 2, and the tax under chapter 24 2A’’, and
(B) in subsection (f)—
(i) by striking ‘‘minus’’ at the end of
2
paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘plus’’, and
3
(ii) by redesignating paragraph (3) as
paragraph (4) and inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: 6 ‘‘(3) the taxes imposed by chapter 2A, minus’’. 7 (3) FEDERAL SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL IN8 SURANCE TRUST FUND.—Section 1841(a) of such 9 Act (42 U.S.C. 1395t(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘There are hereby appro11 priated to the Trust Fund, out of any moneys in the 12 Treasury not otherwise appropriated, amounts equiv13 alent to 100 per centum of the taxes imposed by 14 1411 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to income described in such section and re16 ported to the Secretary of the Treasury or the Sec17 retary’s delegate on tax returns under subtitle F of 18 such Code, as determined by the Secretary of the 19 Treasury by applying the applicable rate of tax under such section to such income. The amounts ap
21
propriated by the preceding sentence shall be trans
22
ferred from time to time from the general fund of
determined on the basis of estimates by the Secretary of the Treasury of the taxes, specified in the
2
Treasury; and proper adjustments shall be made in
3
amounts subsequently transferred to the extent prior
4
estimates were in excess of or were less than the
5
taxes specified in such sentence.’’. 6 (4) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 7 chapters for subtitle A of chapter 1 of the Internal 8 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after 9 the item relating to chapter 2 the following new 10 item:
‘‘CHAPTER 2A—MEDICARE TAX’’.
11 (5) EFFECTIVE DATES.—The amendments 12 made by this subsection shall apply to taxable years 13 beginning after December 31, 2012. 14 (b) EARNED INCOME.— 15 (1) THRESHOLD.— 16 (A) FICA.—Paragraph (2) of section 17 3101(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 18 as added by section 9015 of the Patient Protec19 tion and Affordable Care Act and amended by 20
section 10906 of such Act, is amended by strik
21
ing ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (A), by
22
redesignating subparagraph (B) as subpara
23
graph (C), and by inserting after subparagraph
24
(A) the following new subparagraph:
subparagraph (A), and’’.
(B) SECA.—Section 1401(b)(2) of the In6 ternal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by sec7 tion 9015 of the Patient Protection and Afford8 able Care Act and amended by section 10906 of 9 such Act, is amended—
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 11 ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (i), by redesig12 nating clause (ii) as clause (iii), and by in13 serting after clause (i) the following new 14 clause: ‘‘(ii) in the case of a married taxpayer 16 (as defined in section 7703) filing a sepa17 rate return, 1⁄2 of the dollar amount deter18 mined under clause (i), and’’, and 19 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘under clauses (i) and (ii)’’ and inserting
21 ‘‘under clause (i), (ii), or (iii) (whichever is
22 applicable)’’.
23
(2) ESTIMATED TAXES.—Section 6654 of the
24 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsection (m) as subsection (n) and by in-section:
3
‘‘(m) SPECIAL RULE FOR MEDICARE TAX.—For pur4 poses of this section, the tax imposed under section 3101(b)(2) (to the extent not withheld) shall be treated 6 as a tax imposed under chapter 2.’’. 7 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 8 by this subsection shall apply with respect to remu9 neration received, and taxable years beginning after, December 31, 2012.
11 SEC. 1403. DELAY OF LIMITATION ON HEALTH FLEXIBLE 12 SPENDING ARRANGEMENTS UNDER CAFE13 TERIA PLANS. 14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 10902(b) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is amended by strik16 ing ‘‘December 31, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 17 2012’’. 18 (b) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.—Paragraph (2) of sec19 tion 125(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by section 9005 of the Patient Protection and Af21 fordable Care Act and amended by section 10902 of such 22 Act, is amended— 23
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),
by striking ‘‘December 31, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2013’’, and
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘2010’’
2
and inserting ‘‘2012’’.
3 SEC. 1404. BRAND NAME PHARMACEUTICALS. 4
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9008 of the Patient Pro5 tection and Affordable Care Act is amended— 6 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘2009’’ and 7 inserting ‘‘2010’’, 8 (2) in subsection (b)— 9 (A) by striking ‘‘$2,300,000,000’’ in para
10 graph (1) and inserting ‘‘the applicable 11 amount’’, and 12 (B) by adding at the end the following new 13 paragraph: 14 ‘‘(4) APPLICABLE AMOUNT.—For purposes of 15 paragraph (1), the applicable amount shall be deter16 mined in accordance with the following table:
‘‘Calendar year Applicable amount
2011 …………………………………………………………….. $2,500,000,000 2012 …………………………………………………………….. $3,000,000,000 2013 …………………………………………………………….. $3,000,000,000 2014 …………………………………………………………….. $3,000,000,000 2015 …………………………………………………………….. $3,000,000,000 2016 …………………………………………………………….. $3,000,000,000 2017 …………………………………………………………….. $3,500,000,000. 2018 …………………………………………………………….. $4,200,000,000 2019 and thereafter ……………………………………….. $2,800,000,000.’’,
17
(3) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the
18 following new paragraph:
19 ‘‘(3) JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY.—If more
20 than one person is liable for payment of the fee
5
(4) by striking subsection (j) and inserting the 6 following new subsection: 7 ‘‘(j) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to 8 calendar years beginning after December 31, 2010.’’. 9 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 10 this section shall take effect as if included in section 9008 11 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 12 SEC. 1405. EXCISE TAX ON MEDICAL DEVICE MANUFACTUR13 ERS. 14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 32 of the Internal Rev15 enue Code of 1986 is amended— 16 (1) by inserting after subchapter D the fol17 lowing new subchapter: 18 ‘‘Subchapter E—Medical Devices
‘‘Sec. 4191. Medical devices. 19 ‘‘SEC. 4191. MEDICAL DEVICES. 20
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby imposed on the 21 sale of any taxable medical device by the manufacturer, 22 producer, or importer a tax equal to 2.9 percent of the 23 price for which so sold.
‘‘(b) TAXABLE MEDICAL DEVICE.—For purposes of 2 this section— 3
device’ means any device (as defined in section
5
201(h) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 6 Act) intended for humans. 7 ‘‘(2) EXEMPTIONS.—Such term shall not in8 clude— 9 ‘‘(A) devices classified in class I under sec10 tion 513 of such Act, 11 ‘‘(B) eyeglasses, 12 ‘‘(C) contact lenses, 13 ‘‘(D) hearing aids, and 14 ‘‘(E) any other medical device determined 15 by the Secretary to be of a type which is gen16 erally purchased by the general public at retail 17 for individual use.’’, and 18 (2) by inserting after the item relating to sub19 chapter D in the table of subchapters for such chap20 ter the following new item:
‘‘SUBCHAPTER E. MEDICAL DEVICES.’’.
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(b) CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS NOT TO APPLY.—
22
(1) Section 4221(a) of the Internal Revenue
24
following new sentence: ‘‘In the case of the tax im
(6) shall not apply.’’.
3
(2) Section 6416(b)(2) of such Code is amend
4
ed by adding at the end the following: ‘‘In the case of the tax imposed by section 4191, subparagraphs 6 (B), (C), (D), and (E) shall not apply.’’. 7 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 8 this section shall apply to sales after December 31, 2012. 9 (d) REPEAL OF SECTION 9009 OF THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.—Section 11 9009 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, 12 as amended by section 10904 of such Act, is repealed ef13 fective as of the date of enactment of that Act. 14 SEC. 1406. HEALTH INSURANCE PROVIDERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9010 of the Patient Pro16 tection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by section 17 10905 of such Act, is amended— 18 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘2010’’ and 19 inserting ‘‘2013’’,
(2) in subsection (b)(2)—
21
(A) by striking ‘‘For purposes of para
22
graph (1), the net premiums’’ and inserting
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The net premiums’’, and
(B) by adding at the end the following sub
2
paragraph:
3
‘‘(B) PARTIAL EXCLUSION FOR CERTAIN
4
EXEMPT ACTIVITIES.—After the application of subparagraph (A), only 50 percent of the re6 maining net premiums written with respect to 7 health insurance for any United States health 8 risk that are attributable to the activities (other 9 than activities of an unrelated trade or business as defined in section 513 of the Internal Rev11 enue Code of 1986) of any covered entity quali12 fying under paragraph (3), (4), (26), or (29) of 13 section 501(c) of such Code and exempt from 14 tax under section 501(a) of such Code shall be taken into account.’’, 16 (3) in subsection (c)— 17 (A) by inserting ‘‘during the calendar year 18 in which the fee under this section is due’’ in 19 paragraph (1) after ‘‘risk’’,
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking subpara
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graphs (C), (D), and (E) and inserting the fol
22
lowing new subparagraphs:
‘‘(C) any entity—
‘‘(i) which is incorporated as a nonprofit corporation under a State law,
part of the activities of which is carrying
5
on propaganda, or otherwise attempting, to 6 influence legislation (except as otherwise 7 provided in section 501(h) of the Internal 8 Revenue Code of 1986), and which does 9 not participate in, or intervene in (includ10 ing the publishing or distributing of state11 ments), any political campaign on behalf of 12 (or in opposition to) any candidate for 13 public office, and 14 ‘‘(iii) more than 80 percent of the 15 gross revenues of which is received from 16 government programs that target low-in17 come, elderly, or disabled populations 18 under titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the 19 Social Security Act, and 20 ‘‘(D) any entity which is described in sec21
tion 501(c)(9) of such Code and which is estab
22
lished by an entity (other than by an employer
care benefits.’’,
(C) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘sub
2
paragraph (C)(i)(I), (D)(i)(I), or (E)(i)’’ and
3
inserting ‘‘subparagraph (C) or (D)’’, and
4
(D) by adding at the end the following new
5
paragraph: 6 ‘‘(4) JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY.—If more 7 than one person is liable for payment of the fee 8 under subsection (a) with respect to a single covered 9 entity by reason of the application of paragraph (3), 10 all such persons shall be jointly and severally liable 11 for payment of such fee.’’, 12 (4) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the 13 following: 14 ‘‘(e) APPLICABLE AMOUNT.—For purposes of sub15 section (b)(1)— 16 ‘‘(1) YEARS BEFORE 2019.—In the case of cal17 endar years beginning before 2019, the applicable 18 amount shall be determined in accordance with the 19 following table:
‘‘Calendar year Applicable amount
2014 …………………………………………………………….. $8,000,000,000 2015 …………………………………………………………….. $11,300,000,000 2016 …………………………………………………………….. $11,300,000,000 2017 …………………………………………………………….. $13,900,000,000 2018 …………………………………………………………….. $14,300,000,000.
20 ‘‘(2) YEARS AFTER 2018.—In the case of any 21
calendar year beginning after 2018, the applicable
22
amount shall be the applicable amount for the pre-
ceding calendar year increased by the rate of pre2 mium growth (within the meaning of section 3
1986) for such preceding calendar year.’’,
(5) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the 6 following new paragraphs: 7 ‘‘(3) ACCURACY-RELATED PENALTY.— 8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any un9 derstatement of a covered entity’s net premiums written with respect to health insurance for any 11 United States health risk for any calendar year, 12 there shall be paid by the covered entity making 13 such understatement, an amount equal to the 14 excess of— ‘‘(i) the amount of the covered entity’s 16 fee under this section for the calendar year 17 the Secretary determines should have been 18 paid in the absence of any such under19 statement, over ‘‘(ii) the amount of such fee the Sec
21
retary determined based on such under
22
statement.
of this paragraph, an understatement of a covered entity’s net premiums written with respect
miums written as reported on the return filed
5
by the covered entity under paragraph (1) and 6 the amount of such net premiums written that 7 should have been reported on such return. 8 ‘‘(C) TREATMENT OF PENALTY.—The pen9 alty imposed under subparagraph (A) shall be 10 subject to the provisions of subtitle F of the In11 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 that apply to as12 sessable penalties imposed under chapter 68 of 13 such Code. 14 ‘‘(4) TREATMENT OF INFORMATION.—Section 15 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall not 16 apply to any information reported under this sub17 section.’’, and 18 (6) by striking subsection (j) and inserting the 19 following new subsection: 20 ‘‘(j) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to 21 calendar years beginning after December 31, 2013.’’. 22
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 23 this section shall take effect as if included in section 9010 24 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
SUBSIDY.
Section 9012(b) of the Patient Protection and Af5 fordable Care Act is amended by striking ‘‘2010’’ and in6 serting ‘‘2012’’. 7 SEC. 1408. ELIMINATION OF UNINTENDED APPLICATION OF 8 CELLULOSIC BIOFUEL PRODUCER CREDIT. 9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 40(b)(6)(E) of the Inter10 nal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the 11 end the following new clause: 12 ‘‘(iii) EXCLUSION OF UNPROCESSED 13 FUELS.—The term ‘cellulosic biofuel’ shall 14 not include any fuel if— 15 ‘‘(I) more than 4 percent of such 16 fuel (determined by weight) is any 17 combination of water and sediment, or 18 ‘‘(II) the ash content of such fuel 19 is more than 1 percent (determined by 20 weight).’’. 21
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 22 this section shall apply to fuels sold or used on or after 23 January 1, 2010.
TRINE AND PENALTIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7701 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsection
(o) as subsection (p) and by inserting after subsection (n) the following new subsection: ‘‘(o) CLARIFICATION OF ECONOMIC SUBSTANCE DOCTRINE.—
‘‘(1) APPLICATION OF DOCTRINE.—In the case of any transaction to which the economic substance doctrine is relevant, such transaction shall be treated as having economic substance only if—
‘‘(A) the transaction changes in a meaningful way (apart from Federal income tax effects) the taxpayer’s economic position, and
‘‘(B) the taxpayer has a substantial purpose (apart from Federal income tax effects) for entering into such transaction. ‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE WHERE TAXPAYER RELIES
ON PROFIT POTENTIAL.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The potential for profit of a transaction shall be taken into account in determining whether the requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) are met with respect to the transaction only if the present value of the reasonably expected
the transaction were respected. ‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF FEES AND FOREIGN 6 TAXES.—Fees and other transaction expenses 7 shall be taken into account as expenses in de8 termining pre-tax profit under subparagraph 9 (A). The Secretary shall issue regulations requiring foreign taxes to be treated as expenses 11 in determining pre-tax profit in appropriate 12 cases. 13 ‘‘(3) STATE AND LOCAL TAX BENEFITS.—For 14 purposes of paragraph (1), any State or local income tax effect which is related to a Federal income tax 16 effect shall be treated in the same manner as a Fed17 eral income tax effect. 18 ‘‘(4) FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING BENEFITS.—For 19 purposes of paragraph (1)(B), achieving a financial accounting benefit shall not be taken into account as
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a purpose for entering into a transaction if the ori
22
gin of such financial accounting benefit is a reduc
tion of Federal income tax. 24 ‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.—For purposes of this subsection—
fits under subtitle A with respect to a trans
5
action are not allowable if the transaction does 6 not have economic substance or lacks a business 7 purpose. 8 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION FOR PERSONAL TRANS9 ACTIONS OF INDIVIDUALS.—In the case of an 10 individual, paragraph (1) shall apply only to 11 transactions entered into in connection with a 12 trade or business or an activity engaged in for 13 the production of income. 14 ‘‘(C) DETERMINATION OF APPLICATION OF 15 DOCTRINE NOT AFFECTED.—The determination 16 of whether the economic substance doctrine is 17 relevant to a transaction shall be made in the 18 same manner as if this subsection had never 19 been enacted. 20 ‘‘(D) TRANSACTION.—The term ‘trans21
action’ includes a series of transactions.’’.
22
(b) PENALTY FOR UNDERPAYMENTS ATTRIBUTABLE 23 TO TRANSACTIONS LACKING ECONOMIC SUBSTANCE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(6) Any disallowance of claimed tax benefits by reason of a transaction lacking economic sub6 stance (within the meaning of section 7701(o)) or 7 failing to meet the requirements of any similar rule 8 of law.’’. 9 (2) INCREASED PENALTY FOR NONDISCLOSED TRANSACTIONS.—Section 6662 is amended by add11 ing at the end the following new subsection: 12 ‘‘(i) INCREASE IN PENALTY IN CASE OF NONDIS13 CLOSED NONECONOMIC SUBSTANCE TRANSACTIONS.— 14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any portion of an underpayment which is attributable to one or 16 more nondisclosed noneconomic substance trans17 actions, subsection (a) shall be applied with respect 18 to such portion by substituting ‘40 percent’ for ‘20 19 percent’. ‘‘(2) NONDISCLOSED NONECONOMIC SUB
21
STANCE TRANSACTIONS.—For purposes of this sub
22
section, the term ‘nondisclosed noneconomic sub
action described in subsection (b)(6) with respect to which the relevant facts affecting the tax treatment
statement attached to the return.
TURNS.—In no event shall any amendment or sup
5
plement to a return of tax be taken into account for 6 purposes of this subsection if the amendment or sup7 plement is filed after the earlier of the date the tax8 payer is first contacted by the Secretary regarding 9 the examination of the return or such other date as 10 is specified by the Secretary.’’. 11 (3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subparagraph 12 (B) of section 6662A(e)(2) is amended— 13 (A) by striking ‘‘section 6662(h)’’ and in14 serting ‘‘subsections (h) or (i) of section 6662’’; 15 and 16 (B) by striking ‘‘GROSS VALUATION 17 MISSTATEMENT PENALTY’’ in the heading and 18 inserting ‘‘CERTAIN INCREASED UNDER19 PAYMENT PENALTIES’’. 20 (c) REASONABLE CAUSE EXCEPTION NOT APPLICA21 BLE TO NONECONOMIC SUBSTANCE TRANSACTIONS.— 22 (1) REASONABLE CAUSE EXCEPTION FOR UN23
DERPAYMENTS.—Subsection (c) of section 6664 is
amended—
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and
2
(3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively;
3
(B) by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ in para
4
graph (4)(A), as so redesignated, and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’; and 6 (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 7 following new paragraph: 8 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not 9 apply to any portion of an underpayment which is attributable to one or more transactions described in 11 section 6662(b)(6).’’. 12 (2) REASONABLE CAUSE EXCEPTION FOR RE13 PORTABLE TRANSACTION UNDERSTATEMENTS.— 14 Subsection (d) of section 6664 is amended—
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 16 (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; 17 (B) by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)(C)’’ in 18 paragraph (4), as so redesignated, and inserting 19 ‘‘paragraph (3)(C)’’; and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the
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following new paragraph:
22
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not
derstatement which is attributable to one or more transactions described in section 6662(b)(6).’’.
113 1 (d) APPLICATION OF PENALTY FOR ERRONEOUS 2 CLAIM FOR REFUND OR CREDIT TO NONECONOMIC SUB3 STANCE TRANSACTIONS.—Section 6676 is amended by re4 designating subsection (c) as subsection (d) and inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection: 6 ‘‘(c) NONECONOMIC SUBSTANCE TRANSACTIONS 7 TREATED AS LACKING REASONABLE BASIS.—For pur8 poses of this section, any excessive amount which is attrib9 utable to any transaction described in section 6662(b)(6) shall not be treated as having a reasonable basis.’’. 11 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro13 vided in this subsection, the amendments made by 14 this section shall apply to transactions entered into after the date of the enactment of this Act. 16 (2) UNDERPAYMENTS.—The amendments made 17 by subsections (b) and (c)(1) shall apply to under18 payments attributable to transactions entered into 19 after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(3) UNDERSTATEMENTS.—The amendments
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made by subsection (c)(2) shall apply to understate
22
ments attributable to transactions entered into after
23
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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(4) REFUNDS AND CREDITS.—The amendment made by subsection (d) shall apply to refunds and
the date of the enactment of this Act.
TAXES.
5
The percentage under paragraph (1) of section 6 202(b) of the Corporate Estimated Tax Shift Act of 2009 7 in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act is in8 creased by 14.5 percentage points. 9 SEC. 1411. NO IMPACT ON SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS. 10 (a) ESTIMATE OF SECRETARY.—The Secretary of the 11 Treasury shall annually estimate the impact that the en12 actment of this Act has on the income and balances of 13 the trust funds established under section 201 of the Social 14 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401). 15 (b) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—If, under subsection (a), 16 the Secretary of the Treasury estimates that the enact17 ment of this Act has a negative impact on the income and 18 balances of the trust funds established under section 201 19 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401), the Secretary 20 shall transfer, not less frequently than quarterly, from the 21 general revenues of the Federal Government an amount 22 sufficient so as to ensure that the income and balances 23 of such trust funds are not reduced as a result of the en24 actment of this Act.
GRANT PROGRAM.
There are authorized to be appropriated, and there 5 are appropriated, $500,000,000, for each of the fiscal 6 years 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014, to award Community 7 College and Career Training Grants authorized under sec8 tion 278 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2372), pro9 vided that— 10 (1) the limitations contained in subsection 11 (a)(2) of such section shall not apply for such fiscal 12 years; 13 (2) in addition to workers eligible for training 14 under section 236 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 15 U.S.C. 2296) such Grants may be used to develop, 16 offer, or improve an educational or career training 17 program that is suited to individuals who are, or 18 may become, eligible for unemployment compensa19 tion as defined in section 85(b) of the Internal Rev20 enue Code of 1986; and 21
(3) each State shall receive not less than 0.5
22
percent of the amount appropriated pursuant to this
section for each such fiscal year.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This subtitle may be cited as the 6 ‘‘SAFRA Act’’. 7 (b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise expressly 8 provided, whenever in this subtitle an amendment or re9 peal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be con11 sidered to be made to a section or other provision of the 12 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). 13 PART I—INVESTING IN STUDENTS AND FAMILIES 14 SEC. 2101. FEDERAL PELL GRANTS.
(a) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—Section 401(b) (20 16 U.S.C. 1070a(b)) is amended— 17 (1) by amending paragraph (2)(A) to read as 18 follows: 19 ‘‘(A) The amount of the Federal Pell Grant for a student eligible under this part
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shall be—
22
‘‘(i) the maximum Federal Pell Grant,
23 as specified in the last enacted appropria
24 tion Act applicable to that award year, plus
year, less
‘‘(iii) an amount equal to the amount determined to be the expected family con6 tribution with respect to that student for 7 that year.’’; and 8 (2) in paragraph (8)— 9 (A) in subparagraph (A)—
(i) in clause (ii), by striking the semi11 colon and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 12 (ii) by striking clauses (iii) through 13 (x) and inserting the following: 14 ‘‘(iii) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2010 and each subsequent 16 fiscal year to provide the amount of in17 crease of the maximum Federal Pell Grant 18 required by clauses (ii) and (iii) of sub19 paragraph (B).’’;
(B) in subparagraph (B)—
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(i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and
22
2011–2012’’ and inserting ‘‘, 2011–2012,
23
and 2012–2013’’; and
24
(ii) by striking clause (iii) and inserting the following:
‘‘(iii) the amount determined under 2 subparagraph (C) for each succeeding 3
award year.’’;
(C) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following: 6 ‘‘(C) ADJUSTMENT AMOUNTS.— 7 ‘‘(i) AWARD YEAR 2013–2014.—For 8 award year 2013–2014, the amount deter9 mined under this subparagraph for purposes of subparagraph (B)(iii) shall be 11 equal to— 12 ‘‘(I) $5,550 or the total max13 imum Federal Pell Grant for the pre14 ceding award year (as determined under clause (v)(II)), whichever is 16 greater, increased by a percentage 17 equal to the annual adjustment per18 centage for award year 2013–2014; 19 reduced by ‘‘(II) $4,860 or the maximum
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Federal Pell Grant for which a stu
22
dent was eligible for the preceding
acted appropriation Act applicable to that year, whichever is greater; and
‘‘(ii) AWARD YEARS 2014–2015 3 THROUGH 2017–2018.—For each of the 4
award years 2014–2015 through 2017– 2018, the amount determined under this 6 subparagraph for purposes of subpara7 graph (B)(iii) shall be equal to— 8 ‘‘(I) the total maximum Federal 9 Pell Grant for the preceding award year (as determined under clause 11 (v)(II)), increased by a percentage 12 equal to the annual adjustment per13 centage for the award year for which 14 the amount under this subparagraph is being determined; reduced by 16 ‘‘(II) $4,860 or the maximum 17 Federal Pell Grant for which a stu18 dent was eligible for the preceding 19 award year, as specified in the last enacted appropriation Act applicable to
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that year, whichever is greater; and
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‘‘(III) rounded to the nearest $5. 23 ‘‘(iii) SUBSEQUENT AWARD YEARS.— 24
For award year 2018–2019 and each subsequent award year, the amount deter-
clause (ii) for award year 2017–2018. 5 ‘‘(iv) LIMITATION ON DECREASES.— 6 Notwithstanding clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), 7 if the amount determined under clause (i), 8 (ii), or (iii) for a particular award year is 9 less than the amount determined under 10 this paragraph for the award year pre11 ceding that particular award year, then the 12 amount determined under such clause for 13 that particular award year shall be the 14 amount determined under this paragraph 15 for the preceding award year. 16 ‘‘(v) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of 17 this subparagraph— 18 ‘‘(I) the term ‘annual adjustment 19 percentage’ as applied to an award 20 year, is equal to the estimated per21
centage change in the Consumer Price
22
Index (as determined by the Sec
that award year; and
Federal Pell Grant’ as applied to a
5
preceding award year, is equal to the 6 sum of— 7 ‘‘(aa) the maximum Federal 8 Pell Grant for which a student is 9 eligible during an award year, as 10 specified in the last enacted ap11 propriation Act applicable to that 12 preceding award year; and 13 ‘‘(bb) the amount of the in14 crease in the maximum Federal 15 Pell Grant required by this para16 graph for that preceding award 17 year.’’; 18 (D) by striking subparagraph (E); and 19 (E) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as 20 subparagraph (E). 21 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Title IV (20 22 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) is further amended— 23
(1) in section 401(b) (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b))—
24
(A) in paragraph (4)—
(i) by striking ‘‘maximum basic grant
2
level specified in the appropriate appro
3
priation Act’’ and inserting ‘‘maximum
4
amount of a Federal Pell Grant award determined under paragraph (2)(A)’’; and 6 (ii) by striking ‘‘such level’’ each place 7 it appears and inserting ‘‘such Federal Pell 8 Grant amount’’ in each such place; and 9 (B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘the grant level specified in the appropriate Appro11 priation Act for this subpart for such year’’ and 12 inserting ‘‘the maximum amount of a Federal 13 Pell Grant award determined under paragraph 14 (2)(A), for which a student is eligible during such award year’’; 16 (2) in section 402D(d)(1) (20 U.S.C. 1070a– 17 14(d)(1)), by striking ‘‘exceed the maximum’’ and 18 all that follows through ‘‘Grant, for’’ and inserting 19 ‘‘exceed the Federal Pell Grant amount, determined under section 401(b)(2)(A), for which a student is
21
eligible, or be less than the minimum Federal Pell
22
Grant amount described in section 401(b)(4), for’’;
23
(3) in section 435(a)(5)(A)(i)(I) (20 U.S.C.
1085(a)(5)(A)(i)(I)), by striking ‘‘one-half the maximum Federal Pell Grant award for which a student
(4) in section 483(e)(3)(A)(ii) (20 U.S.C.
5
1090(e)(3)(A)(ii)), by striking ‘‘based on the max6 imum Federal Pell Grant award at the time of appli7 cation’’ and inserting ‘‘based on the Federal Pell 8 Grant amount, determined under section 9 401(b)(2)(A), for which a student is eligible at the 10 time of application’’; 11 (5) in section 485E(b)(1)(A) (20 U.S.C. 12 1092f(b)(1)(A)), by striking ‘‘of such students’ po13 tential eligibility for a maximum Federal Pell Grant 14 under subpart 1 of part A’’ and inserting ‘‘of such 15 students’ potential eligibility for the Federal Pell 16 Grant amount, determined under section 17 401(b)(2)(A), for which the student would be eligi18 ble’’; and 19 (6) in section 894(f)(2)(C)(ii)(I) (20 U.S.C. 20 1161y(f)(2)(C)(ii)(I)), by striking ‘‘the maximum 21
Federal Pell Grant for each award year’’ and insert
22
ing ‘‘the Federal Pell Grant amount, determined
be eligible for each award year’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 2 subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on July 1, 2010. 3 SEC. 2102. STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. 4
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated, and there are appropriated, to carry out subpart 6 1 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 7 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) (in addition to any other 8 amounts appropriated to carry out such subpart and out 9 of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated) $13,500,000,000. 11 (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 12 under this section shall be available as of the date of en13 actment of this subtitle and shall remain available until 14 September 30, 2012.
SEC. 2103. COLLEGE ACCESS CHALLENGE GRANT PRO16 GRAM. 17 Section 781 (20 U.S.C. 1141) is amended— 18 (1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by 19 striking ‘‘$66,000,000’’ and all that follows through the period and inserting ‘‘$150,000,000 for each of
21
the fiscal years 2010 through 2014. The authority
22
to award grants under this section shall expire at
23
the end of fiscal year 2014.’’; and
24
(2) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘0.5 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘1.0 percent’’.
Section 371(b)(1)(A) (20 U.S.C. 1067q(b)(1)(A)) is 5 amended by striking ‘‘and 2009.’’ and all that follows and 6 inserting ‘‘through 2019. The authority to award grants 7 under this section shall expire at the end of fiscal year 8 2019.’’. 9 PART II—STUDENT LOAN REFORM 10 SEC. 2201. TERMINATION OF FEDERAL FAMILY EDUCATION 11 LOAN APPROPRIATIONS. 12 Section 421 (20 U.S.C. 1071) is amended— 13 (1) in subsection (b), in the first sentence of 14 the matter following paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘, 15 except that no sums may be expended after June 30, 16 2010, with respect to loans under this part for which 17 the first disbursement is after such date’’ after ‘‘ex18 pended’’; and 19 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub20 section: 21
‘‘(d) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY TO MAKE OR IN22 SURE NEW LOANS.—Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) 23 through (6) of subsection (b) or any other provision of 24 law—
June 30, 2010; and
‘‘(2) no funds are authorized to be appropriated, or may be expended, under this Act or any 6 other Act to make or insure loans under this part 7 (including consolidation loans) for which the first 8 disbursement is after June 30, 2010, 9 except as expressly authorized by an Act of Congress enacted after the date of enactment of the SAFRA Act.’’.
11 SEC. 2202. TERMINATION OF FEDERAL LOAN INSURANCE 12 PROGRAM. 13 Section 424(a) (20 U.S.C. 1074(a)) is amended by 14 striking ‘‘September 30, 1976,’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘September 30, 1976, for each of the succeeding 16 fiscal years ending prior to October 1, 2009, and for the 17 period from October 1, 2009, to June 30, 2010, for loans 18 first disbursed on or before June 30, 2010.’’. 19 SEC. 2203. TERMINATION OF APPLICABLE INTEREST RATES.
21
Section 427A(l) (20 U.S.C. 1077a(l)) is amended—
22
(1) in the subsection heading, by inserting
23
‘‘AND BEFORE JULY 1, 2010’’ after ‘‘2006’’;
24
(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and before July 1, 2010,’’ after ‘‘July 1, 2006,’’;
(3) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and before
2
July 1, 2010,’’ after ‘‘July 1, 2006,’’;
3
(4) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘and that
4
was disbursed before July 1, 2010,’’ after ‘‘July 1, 2006,’’; and 6 (5) in paragraph (4)— 7 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 8 (A), by striking ‘‘July 1, 2012’’ and inserting 9 ‘‘July 1, 2010’’; and
(B) by repealing subparagraphs (D) and 11 (E). 12 SEC. 2204. TERMINATION OF FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO RE13 DUCE STUDENT INTEREST COSTS. 14 (a) HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.—Section 428 (20 U.S.C. 1078) is amended— 16 (1) in subsection (a)— 17 (A) in paragraph (1), in the matter pre18 ceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘for 19 which the first disbursement is made before July 1, 2010, and’’ after ‘‘eligible institution’’; 21 and 22
(B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘Sep
23
tember 30, 2014,’’ and all that follows through
24
the period and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2010.’’;
(2) in subsection (b)(1)—
(A) in subparagraph (G)(ii), by inserting
2
‘‘and before July 1, 2010,’’ after ‘‘July 1,
3
2006,’’; and
4
(B) in subparagraph (H)(ii), by inserting ‘‘and that are first disbursed before July 1, 6 2010,’’ after ‘‘July 1, 2006,’’; 7 (3) in subsection (f)(1)(A)(ii)— 8 (A) by striking ‘‘during fiscal years begin9 ning’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘and first disbursed be11 fore July 1, 2010,’’ after ‘‘October 1, 2003,’’; 12 and 13 (4) in subsection (j)(1), by inserting ‘‘, before 14 July 1, 2010,’’ after ‘‘section 435(d)(1)(D) of this Act shall’’. 16 (b) COLLEGE COST REDUCTION AND ACCESS ACT.— 17 Section 303 of the College Cost Reduction and Access Act 18 (Public Law 110–84) is repealed. 19 SEC. 2205. TERMINATION OF FFEL PLUS LOANS.
Section 428B(a)(1) (20 U.S.C. 1078–2(a)(1)) is 21 amended by striking ‘‘A graduate’’ and inserting ‘‘Prior 22 to July 1, 2010, a graduate’’. 23 SEC. 2206. FEDERAL CONSOLIDATION LOANS. 24
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 428C (20 U.S.C. 1078– 3) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(4)(A), by inserting ‘‘, and
2
first disbursed before July 1, 2010’’ after ‘‘under
3
this part’’;
4
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1)(E), by inserting be6 fore the semicolon ‘‘, and before July 1, 2010’’; 7 and 8 (B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘In the 9 event that’’ and inserting ‘‘If, before July 1, 2010,’’; 11 (3) in subsection (c)(1)— 12 (A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by inserting 13 ‘‘and that is disbursed before July 1, 2010,’’ 14 after ‘‘2006,’’; and
(B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting 16 ‘‘and disbursed before July 1, 2010,’’ after 17 ‘‘1994,’’; and 18 (4) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘September 19 30, 2014.’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2010. No loan may be made under this section for which the dis
21
bursement is on or after July 1, 2010.’’.
22
(b) TEMPORARY LOAN CONSOLIDATION AUTHOR23 ITY.—Part D of title IV (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.) is 24 amended by inserting after section 459A (20 U.S.C. 1087i) the following:
1 ‘‘SEC. 459B. TEMPORARY LOAN CONSOLIDATION AUTHOR2 ITY. 3
‘‘(a) TEMPORARY LOAN CONSOLIDATION AUTHOR4 ITY.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A borrower who has 1 or 6 more loans in 2 or more of the categories described 7 in paragraph (2), and who has not yet entered re8 payment on 1 or more of those loans in any of the 9 categories, may consolidate all of the loans of the borrower that are described in paragraph (2) into a 11 Federal Direct Consolidation Loan during the period 12 described in paragraph (3). 13 ‘‘(2) CATEGORIES OF LOANS THAT MAY BE 14 CONSOLIDATED.—The categories of loans that may be consolidated under paragraph (1) are— 16 ‘‘(A) loans made under this part; 17 ‘‘(B) loans purchased by the Secretary 18 pursuant to section 459A; and 19 ‘‘(C) loans made under part B that are held by an eligible lender, as such term is de
21
fined in section 435(d). 22 ‘‘(3) TIME PERIOD IN WHICH LOANS MAY BE 23
eral Direct Consolidation Loan under this section to a borrower whose application for such Federal Di
1, 2010, and before July 1, 2011.
‘‘(b) TERMS OF LOANS.—A Federal Direct Consoli4 dation Loan made under this section shall have the same 5 terms and conditions as a Federal Direct Consolidation 6 Loan made under section 455(g), except that— 7 ‘‘(1) in determining the applicable rate of inter8 est on the Federal Direct Consolidation Loan made 9 under this section (other than on a Federal Direct 10 Consolidation Loan described in paragraph (2)), sec11 tion 427A(l)(3) shall be applied without rounding 12 the weighted average of the interest rate on the 13 loans consolidated to the nearest higher one-eighth 14 of 1 percent as described in subparagraph (A) of 15 section 427A(l)(3); and 16 ‘‘(2) if a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan 17 made under this section that repays a loan which is 18 subject to an interest rate determined under section 19 427A(g)(2), (j)(2), or (k)(2), then the interest rate 20 for such Federal Direct Consolidation Loan shall be 21
calculated—
22
‘‘(A) by using the applicable rate of inter
(k)(2), respectively; and
427A(l)(3).’’.
LOANS FOR MIDDLE-INCOME BORROWERS.
5
Section 428H (20 U.S.C. 1078–8) is amended— 6 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘that are 7 first disbursed before July 1, 2010,’’ after ‘‘under 8 this part’’; 9 (2) in subsection (b)— 10 (A) by striking ‘‘Any student’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘Prior to July 1, 2010, any student’’; and 12 (B) by inserting ‘‘for which the first dis13 bursement is made before such date’’ after ‘‘un14 subsidized Federal Stafford Loan’’; and 15 (3) in subsection (h), by inserting ‘‘and that are 16 first disbursed before July 1, 2010,’’ after ‘‘July 1, 17 2006,’’. 18 SEC. 2208. TERMINATION OF SPECIAL ALLOWANCES. 19 Section 438 (20 U.S.C. 1087–1) is amended— 20 (1) in subsection (b)(2)(I)— 21
(A) in the subclause heading, by inserting
22
‘‘, AND BEFORE JULY 1, 2010’’ after ‘‘2000’’;
23
(B) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘and before
July 1, 2010,’’ after ‘‘2000,’’;
(C) in clause (ii)(II), by inserting ‘‘and be
2
fore July 1, 2010,’’ after ‘‘2006,’’;
3
(D) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘and before
4
July 1, 2010,’’ after ‘‘2000,’’;
5
(E) in clause (iv), by inserting ‘‘and that 6 is disbursed before July 1, 2010,’’ after 7 ‘‘2000,’’; 8 (F) in clause (v)(I), by inserting ‘‘and be9 fore July 1, 2010,’’ after ‘‘2006,’’; and 10 (G) in clause (vi)— 11 (i) in the clause heading, by inserting 12 ‘‘, AND BEFORE JULY 1, 2010’’ after ‘‘2007’’; 13 and 14 (ii) in the matter preceding subclause 15 (I), by inserting ‘‘and before July 1, 16 2010,’’ after ‘‘2007,’’; 17 (2) in subsection (c)— 18 (A) in paragraph (2)(B)— 19 (i) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 20 after the semicolon; 21
(ii) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘; and’’
22
and inserting a period; and
23
(iii) by striking clause (v); and
(B) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘and
2
first disbursed before July 1, 2010,’’ after
3
‘‘1992,’’; and
4
(3) in subsection (d)(2)(B), by inserting ‘‘, and
5
before July 1, 2010’’ after ‘‘2007’’.
6 SEC. 2209. ORIGINATION OF DIRECT LOANS AT INSTITU
7 TIONS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.
8 (a) LOANS FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING INSTITU
9 TIONS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Section 452 (20 10 U.S.C. 1087b) is amended by adding at the end the fol11 lowing: 12 ‘‘(d) INSTITUTIONS OUTSIDE THE UNITED 13 STATES.—Loan funds for students (and parents of stu14 dents) attending institutions outside the United States 15 shall be disbursed through a financial institution located 16 or operating in the United States and designated by the 17 Secretary to serve as the agent of such institutions with 18 respect to the receipt of the disbursements of such loan 19 funds and the transfer of such funds to such institutions. 20 To be eligible to receive funds under this part, an institu21 tion outside the United States shall make arrangements 22 with the agent designated by the Secretary under this sub23 section to receive funds under this part.’’. 24
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) AMENDMENTS.—Section 102 (20 U.S.C.
2
1002), as amended by section 102 of the Higher
3
Education Opportunity Act (Public Law 110–315)
4
and section 101 of Public Law 111–39, is amend5 ed— 6 (A) by striking ‘‘part B’’ each place the 7 term appears and inserting ‘‘part D’’; 8 (B) in subsection (a)(1)(C), by inserting ‘‘, 9 consistent with the requirements of section 10 452(d)’’ before the period at the end; and 11 (C) in subsection (a)(2)(A)— 12 (i) in the second sentence of the mat13 ter preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘made, 14 insured, or guaranteed’’ and inserting 15 ‘‘made’’; and 16 (ii) in clause (iii)— 17 (I) in subclause (III), by striking 18 ‘‘only Federal Stafford’’ and all that 19 follows through ‘‘section 428B’’ and 20 inserting ‘‘only Federal Direct Staf21 ford Loans under section 22
455(a)(2)(A), Federal Direct Unsub
(II) in subclause (V), by striking
4
‘‘a Federal Stafford’’ and all that fol
5
lows through ‘‘section 428B’’ and in6 serting ‘‘a Federal Direct Stafford 7 Loan under section 455(a)(2)(A), a 8 Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford 9 Loan under section 455(a)(2)(D), or a 10 Federal Direct PLUS Loan under 11 section 455(a)(2)(B)’’. 12 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 13 by subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) shall be effec14 tive on July 1, 2010, as if enacted as part of section 15 102(a)(1) of the Higher Education Opportunity Act 16 (Public Law 110–315) and subject to section 102(e) 17 of such Act as amended by section 101(a)(2) of 18 Public Law 111–39 (20 U.S.C. 1002 note). 19 SEC. 2210. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 20 (a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 454 (20 U.S.C. 1087d) 21 is amended— 22
(1) in subsection (a)—
23
(A) by striking paragraph (4); and
spectively; and
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘(5), (6),
5
and (7)’’ and inserting ‘‘(5), and (6)’’. 6 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 7 subsection (a) shall take effect on July 1, 2010. 8 SEC. 2211. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LOANS. 9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 455 (20 U.S.C. 1087e) is 10 amended— 11 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘, and 12 first disbursed on June 30, 2010,’’ before ‘‘under 13 sections 428’’; and 14 (2) in subsection (g)— 15 (A) by inserting ‘‘, including any loan 16 made under part B and first disbursed before 17 July 1, 2010’’ after ‘‘section 428C(a)(4)’’; and 18 (B) by striking the third sentence. 19 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 20 subsection (a)(1) shall apply with respect to loans first dis21 bursed under part D of title IV of the Higher Education 22 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.) on or after July 23 1, 2010.
SEC. 2212. CONTRACTS; MANDATORY FUNDS.
(a) CONTRACTS.—Section 456 (20 U.S.C. 1087f) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph: ‘‘(4) SERVICING BY ELIGIBLE NOT-FOR-PROFIT
SERVICERS.— ‘‘(A) SERVICING CONTRACTS.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall contract with each eligible not-for-profit servicer to service loans originated under this part, if the servicer—
‘‘(I) meets the standards for servicing Federal assets that apply to contracts awarded pursuant to paragraph (1); and
‘‘(II) has the capacity to service the applicable loan volume allocation described in subparagraph (B). ‘‘(ii) COMPETITIVE MARKET RATE DE
TERMINATION FOR FIRST 100,000 BORROWER ACCOUNTS.—The Secretary shall establish a separate pricing tier for each of the first 100,000 borrower loan accounts at a competitive market rate.
after July 1, 2014, if— ‘‘(I) the servicer has not been 6 awarded such a contract before that 7 date; or 8 ‘‘(II) the servicer’s contract was 9 terminated, and the servicer had not reapplied for, and been awarded, a 11 contract under this paragraph. 12 ‘‘(B) ALLOCATIONS.— 13 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 14 shall (except as provided in clause (ii)) allocate to an eligible not-for-profit servicer, 16 subject to the contract of such servicer de17 scribed in subparagraph (A), the servicing 18 rights for the loan accounts of 100,000 19 borrowers (including borrowers who borrowed loans in a prior year that were serv
21
iced by the servicer). 22 ‘‘(ii) SERVICER ALLOCATION.—The 23
Secretary may reallocate, increase, reduce, 24 or terminate an eligible not-for-profit servicer’s allocation of servicing rights
pursuant to paragraph (1).’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following: 6 ‘‘(c) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE NOT-FOR-PROFIT 7 SERVICER.—In this section: 8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible not-for-9 profit servicer’ means an entity— ‘‘(A) that is not owned or controlled in 11 whole or in part by— 12 ‘‘(i) a for profit entity; or 13 ‘‘(ii) a nonprofit entity having its 14 principal place of business in another State; and 16 ‘‘(B) that— 17 ‘‘(i) as of July 1, 2009— 18 ‘‘(I) meets the definition of an el19 igible not-for-profit holder under section 435(p), except that such term
21 does not include eligible lenders de
22 scribed in paragraph (1)(D) of such
23 section; and
24 ‘‘(II) was performing, or had entered into a contract with a third
tions for loans made under part B of this title; 6 ‘‘(ii) notwithstanding clause (i), as of 7 July 1, 2009— 8 ‘‘(I) is the sole beneficial owner 9 of a loan for which the special allowance rate is calculated under section 11 438(b)(2)(I)(vi)(II) because the loan 12 is held by an eligible lender trustee 13 that is an eligible not-for-profit holder 14 as defined under section 435(p)(1)(D); and 16 ‘‘(II) was performing, or had en17 tered into a contract with a third 18 party servicer (as such term is defined 19 in section 481(c)) who was performing, student loan servicing func
21
tions for loans made under part B of
22
this title; or
‘‘(iii) is an affiliated entity of an eligi24 ble not-for-profit servicer described in clause (i) or (ii) that—
a contract awarded by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (a)(3)(A)), the 6 majority of individuals who perform 7 borrower-specific student loan serv8 icing functions; and 9 ‘‘(II) as of July 1, 2009, was performing, or had entered into a con11 tract with a third party servicer (as 12 such term is defined in section 13 481(c)) who was performing, student 14 loan servicing functions for loans made under part B of this title. 16 ‘‘(2) AFFILIATED ENTITY.—For the purposes of 17 paragraph (1), the term ‘affiliated entity’— 18 ‘‘(A) means an entity contracted to per19 form services for an eligible not-for-profit servicer that—
21
‘‘(i) is a nonprofit entity or is wholly
22
owned by a nonprofit entity; and
whole or in part, by— ‘‘(I) a for-profit entity; or
State; and
‘‘(B) may include an affiliated entity that is established by an eligible not-for-profit 6 servicer after the date of enactment of the 7 SAFRA Act, if such affiliated entity is other8 wise described in paragraph (1)(B)(iii)(I) and 9 subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.’’.
(b) MANDATORY FUNDS.— 11 (1) AMENDMENTS.—Section 458(a) (20 U.S.C. 12 1087h(a)) is amended— 13 (A) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 14 paragraph (8);
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 16 through (4) as paragraphs (3) through (5), re17 spectively; 18 (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 19 following new paragraph: ‘‘(2) MANDATORY FUNDS FOR ELIGIBLE NOT-21 FOR-PROFIT-SERVICERS.—For fiscal years 2010 22
through 2019, there shall be available to the Sec
priated to carry out this paragraph and out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
(D) by inserting after paragraph (5), as redesignated by subparagraph (B) of this para6 graph, the following: 7 ‘‘(6) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO INSTITUTIONS 8 OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 9 ‘‘(A) PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall provide institutions of higher 11 education participating, or seeking to partici12 pate, in the loan programs under this part with 13 technical assistance in establishing and admin14 istering such programs. ‘‘(B) FUNDS.—There are authorized to be 16 appropriated, and there are appropriated, to 17 carry out this paragraph (in addition to any 18 other amounts appropriated to carry out this 19 paragraph and out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated), $50,000,000
21 for fiscal year 2010.
22 ‘‘(C) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the
23 term ‘assistance’ means the provision of tech
24 nical support, training, materials, technical assistance, and financial assistance.
‘‘(7) ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS.— 2 ‘‘(A) PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE.—The 3
servicers for retaining jobs at locations in the United States where such servicers were oper6 ating under part B on January 1, 2010. 7 ‘‘(B) FUNDS.—There are authorized to be 8 appropriated, and there are appropriated, to 9 carry out this paragraph (in addition to any other amounts appropriated to carry out this 11 paragraph and out of any money in the Treas12 ury not otherwise appropriated), $25,000,000 13 for each of the fiscal years 2010 and 2011.’’. 14 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 458 (20 U.S.C. 1087h) is further amended by striking 16 ‘‘subsection (a)(3)’’ in subsection (b) and inserting 17 ‘‘subsection (a)(4)’’. 18 SEC. 2213. AGREEMENTS WITH STATE-OWNED BANKS. 19 Part D of title IV (as amended by this subtitle) (20
U.S.C. 1087a et seq.) is further amended by adding at 21 the end the following: 22 ‘‘SEC. 460A. AGREEMENTS WITH STATE-OWNED BANKS. 23
‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE LENDER.—In this 24 section, the term ‘eligible lender’ means a lender that, on July 1, 2009, was and continues to be—
teed by a State;
located; ‘‘(3) under the control of a board of directors 6 that includes the Governor of the State; and 7 ‘‘(4) an originator or holder of loans made 8 under the program under part B, as such part was 9 in effect on July 1, 2009. ‘‘(b) AGREEMENTS.— 11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At the request of a State 12 in which an eligible lender is located, the Secretary 13 shall enter into an agreement with the eligible lender 14 under which— ‘‘(A) the eligible lender agrees to provide 16 student loans to borrowers in accordance with 17 this section; and 18 ‘‘(B) the Secretary agrees to provide Fed19 eral loan insurance on the student loans made under this section by that eligible lender to bor
21
rowers who—
22
‘‘(i) are residents of the State in
which the eligible lender is located; or
‘‘(ii) attend an institution of higher education in such State.
as such part was in effect on June 30, 2010. ‘‘(3) PAYMENTS TO ELIGIBLE LENDER.—An 6 agreement under this section shall provide the eligi7 ble lender with the equivalent payments and sub8 sidies as those provided for loans made under part 9 B, as such part was in effect on June 30, 2010. ‘‘(4) FFEL PROGRAM REGULATIONS.—An 11 agreement under this section, any loans made under 12 this section, and the participation of institutions of 13 higher education under this section, shall be subject 14 to regulations issued by the Secretary under part B, as such part was in effect on June 30, 2010. 16 ‘‘(c) INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—An in17 stitution of higher education that is located in the same 18 State as an eligible lender that has an agreement with the 19 Secretary under this section, or an institution of higher education that is located in another State and is attended 21 by borrowers described in subsection (b)(1)(B)(i), may 22 choose to participate in the loan program operated pursu23 ant to the agreement. If such institution of higher edu24 cation chooses such participation, the institution shall carry out the institution’s responsibilities with respect to
148 1 loans made pursuant to the agreement in accordance with 2 subsection (b)(4). 3
‘‘(d) BORROWERS.—A borrower described in sub4 section (b)(1)(B) may choose to borrow a loan made pur5 suant to an agreement described in subsection (b)(1). A 6 borrower of a loan made pursuant to such agreement shall 7 be subject to the loan terms and conditions required by 8 the agreement, and shall not be eligible to receive a loan 9 made under this part concurrently with a loan made under 10 this section. 11 ‘‘(e) INAPPLICABILITY.—Sections 451 through 460 12 shall not apply to this section.’’. 13 SEC. 2214. INCOME-BASED REPAYMENT. 14 Section 493C (20 U.S.C. 1098e) is amended by add15 ing at the end the following new subsection: 16 ‘‘(e) SPECIAL TERMS FOR NEW BORROWERS ON AND 17 AFTER JULY 1, 2014.—With respect to any loan made 18 to a new borrower on or after July 1, 2014— 19 ‘‘(1) subsection (a)(3)(B) shall be applied by 20 substituting ‘10 percent’ for ‘15 percent’; and 21
‘‘(2) subsection (b)(7)(B) shall be applied by
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substituting ‘20 years’ for ‘25 years’.’’.
(a) EXTENDING CERTAIN INSURANCE REFORMS TO 4 GRANDFATHERED PLANS.—Section 1251(a) of the Pa5 tient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as added by sec6 tion 10103(d) of such Act, is amended by adding at the 7 end the following: 8 ‘‘(4) APPLICATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.— 9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The following provi10 sions of the Public Health Service Act (as 11 added by this title) shall apply to grandfathered 12 health plans for plan years beginning with the 13 first plan year to which such provisions would 14 otherwise apply: 15 ‘‘(i) Section 2708 (relating to exces16 sive waiting periods). 17 ‘‘(ii) Those provisions of section 2711 18 relating to lifetime limits. 19 ‘‘(iii) Section 2712 (relating to rescis20 sions). 21
‘‘(iv) Section 2714 (relating to exten
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sion of dependent coverage). 23 ‘‘(B) PROVISIONS APPLICABLE ONLY TO 24
GROUP HEALTH PLANS.—
2704 (relating to pre-existing condition exclusions) of the Public Health Service Act 6 (as added by this subtitle) shall apply to 7 grandfathered health plans that are group 8 health plans for plan years beginning with 9 the first plan year to which such provisions otherwise apply. 11 ‘‘(ii) ADULT DEPENDENT COV12 ERAGE.—For plan years beginning before 13 January 1, 2014, the provisions of section 14 2714 of the Public Health Service Act (as added by this subtitle) shall apply in the 16 case of an adult dependent with respect to 17 a grandfathered health plan that is a 18 group health plan only if such dependent is 19 not eligible to enroll in an eligible employer-sponsored health plan (as defined in
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section 5000A(f)(2) of the Internal Rev
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enue Code of 1986) other than such grand
(b) CLARIFICATION REGARDING DEPENDENT COVERAGE.—Section 2714(a) of the Public Health Service
151 1 Act, as added by section 1001(5) of the Patient Protection 2 and Affordable Care Act, is amended by striking ‘‘(who 3 is not married)’’. 4 SEC. 2302. DRUGS PURCHASED BY COVERED ENTITIES.
Section 340B of the Public Health Service Act (42 6 U.S.C. 256b), as amended by sections 7101 and 7102 of 7 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, is amend8 ed— 9 (1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in paragraphs (1), (2), (5), (7), and 11 (9), by striking the terms ‘‘covered drug’’ and 12 ‘‘covered drugs’’ each place either term appears 13 and inserting ‘‘covered outpatient drug’’ or 14 ‘‘covered outpatient drugs’’, respectively;
(B) in paragraph (4)(L)— 16 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 17 the end; 18 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking the pe19 riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(iii) by inserting after clause (ii), the 21 following: 22
‘‘(iii) does not obtain covered out
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patient drugs through a group purchasing
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organization or other group purchasing arrangement.’’; and
(C) in paragraph (5)—
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(i) by striking subparagraph (C);
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(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs
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(D) and (E) as subparagraphs (C) and
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(D), respectively; and 6 (iii) in subparagraph (D), as so redes7 ignated, by striking ‘‘subparagraph (D)’’ 8 and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (C)’’; 9 (2) by striking subsection (c); 10 (3) in subsection (d)— 11 (A) by striking ‘‘covered drugs’’ each place 12 it appears and inserting ‘‘covered outpatient 13 drugs’’; 14 (B) by striking ‘‘(a)(5)(D)’’ each place it 15 appears and inserting ‘‘(a)(5)(C)’’; and 16 (C) by striking ‘‘(a)(5)(E)’’ each place it 17 appears and inserting ‘‘(a)(5)(D)’’; and 18 (4) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol19 lowing: 20 ‘‘(e) EXCLUSION OF ORPHAN DRUGS FOR CERTAIN 21 COVERED ENTITIES.—For covered entities described in 22 subparagraph (M), (N), or (O) of subsection (a)(4), the 23 term ‘covered outpatient drug’ shall not include a drug 24 designated by the Secretary under section 526 of the Fed-
153 1 eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for a rare disease or 2 condition.’’. 3 SEC. 2303. COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS. 4
Section 10503(b)(1) of the Patient Protection and 5 Affordable Care Act is amended— 6 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking 7 ‘‘700,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘1,000,000,000’’; 8 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking 9 ‘‘800,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘1,200,000,000’’; 10 (3) in subparagraph (C), by striking 11 ‘‘1,000,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘1,500,000,000’’; 12 (4) in subparagraph (D), by striking 13 ‘‘1,600,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘2,200,000,000’’; 14 and 15 (5) in subparagraph (E), by striking 16 ‘‘2,900,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘3,600,000,000’’.
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