Bill — H.R. 5612, One-Year Waiver of Budget Neutrality Adjustments (House, October 19, 2021)
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H.R. 5612 was introduced in the House of Representatives on October 19, 2021 by Mr. Burgess and referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Appropriations. It is a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a one-year waiver of budget neutrality adjustments under the Medicare physician fee schedule. It also rescinds $10,000,000,000 from unobligated balances of the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund, derived from amounts not allocated to eligible health care providers or for provider relief.
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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 5612
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a one-
year waiver of budget neutrality adjustments under the Medicare physi-
cian fee schedule, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 19, 2021
Mr. BURGESS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on
Ways and Means, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide
for a one-year waiver of budget neutrality adjustments
under the Medicare physician fee schedule, and for other
purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. ONE-YEAR WAIVER OF BUDGET NEUTRALITY
2 ADJUSTMENTS UNDER MEDICARE PHYSICIAN
3 FEE SCHEDULE.
4 (a) WAIVER OF BUDGET NEUTRALITY ADJUST-
5 MENTS.—Section 1848(c)(2) of the Social Security Act
6 (42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(c)(2)) is amended—
7 (1) in subparagraph (B)—
8 (A) in clause (ii)(II), by striking ‘‘clauses
9 (iv) and (v)’’ and inserting ‘‘clauses (iv), (v),
10 and (vii)’’; and
11 (B) by adding at the end the following:
12 ‘‘(vii) NON-APPLICATION OF BUDGET
13 NEUTRALITY ADJUSTMENTS FOR 2022.—
14 The budget neutrality adjustments under
15 clause (ii)(II) and subparagraph (F) shall
16 not be applied for 2022.’’; and
17 (2) in subparagraph (F), in the matter pre-
18 ceding clause (i), by inserting ‘‘, subject to subpara-
19 graph (B)(vii)’’ after ‘‘The Secretary’’.
20 (b) PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMER-
21 GENCY FUND.—
22 (1) IN GENERAL.—From the unobligated bal-
23 ances of amounts made available under the heading
24 ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services––Of-
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25 fice of the Secretary––Public Health and Social
26 Services Emergency Fund’’ by the provisions listed
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1 in subsection (b) (in the order of such provisions as
2 specified by the Secretary of Health and Human
3 Services), $10,000,000,000, to be derived from such
4 amounts that are not allocated to eligible health care
5 providers or for provider relief, is hereby rescinded.
6 (2) PROVISIONS.—The provisions listed in this
7 subsection are the following:
8 (A) Title VIII of division B of the
9 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security
10 Act (Public Law 116–136).
11 (B) Title I of division B of the Paycheck
12 Protection Program and Health Care Enhance-
13 ment Act (Public Law 116–139).
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