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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2480

To establish an Office of Inspector General for the Medicare and Medicaid

Programs.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 13, 1995

Mr. QUINN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Government Reform and Oversight, and in addition to the Committees

on Ways and Means and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To establish an Office of Inspector General for the Medicare

and Medicaid Programs.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Inspector General for

5 Medicare and Medicaid Act of 1995’’.
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1 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GEN2 ERAL FOR THE MEDICARE AND MEDICAID

3 PROGRAMS.

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT AS INDEPENDENT AGENCY.—

5 There is established as an independent agency in the exec6 utive branch of the Government an agency which shall be

7 known as the ‘‘Office of the Inspector General for the

8 Medicare and Medicaid Programs’’.

9 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Office shall be to

10 supervise, oversee, and audit the medicare and medicaid

11 programs as provided for under titles XVIII and XIX of

12 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.).

13 (c) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Office shall be under

15 the direction and control of the Inspector General

16 for the Medicare and Medicaid Programs.

17 (2) APPOINTMENT.—The Inspector General

18 shall be appointed in accordance with section 3 of

19 the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).

20 (3) DUTIES.—The Inspector General shall per21 form his duties in accordance with the provisions of

22 section 8G of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5

23 U.S.C. App.).
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1 SEC. 3. SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO INSPECTOR

2 GENERAL FOR THE MEDICARE AND MEDIC3 AID PROGRAMS.

4 (a) SPECIAL PROVISIONS.—The Inspector General

5 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended—

6 (1) by redesignating the last two sections (each

7 designated as section 8G) appearing before section 9

8 as sections 8H and 8I, respectively;

9 (2) in section 8I (as so redesignated)—

10 (A) by striking ‘‘8D, or 8E’’and inserting

11 ‘‘8D, 8E, or 8G’’; and

12 (B) by striking ‘‘8F(a)’’ and inserting

13 ‘‘8H(a)’’; and

14 (3) by inserting after section 8F the following:

15 ‘‘SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO INSPECTOR

16 GENERAL FOR THE MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PROGRAMS

17 ‘‘SEC. 8G. DUTIES.—In addition to other duties and

18 responsibilities specified in this Act, the Inspector General

19 for the Medicare and Medicaid Programs shall—

20 ‘‘(1) supervise, direct, and control all functions

21 and duties of the Office of the Inspector General for

22 the Medicare and Medicaid Programs;

23 ‘‘(2) prevent and detect waste, fraud, and abuse

24 in the medicare and medicaid programs as provided

25 for under titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Secu26 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.); and
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1 ‘‘(3) coordinate all audits, investigations, in2 spections, and other activities for the purpose of pro3 moting economy and efficiency in the administration

4 of the medicare and medicaid programs.’’.

5 (b) DESIGNATION OF OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GEN6 ERAL FOR THE MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PROGRAMS.—

7 Section 11 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 is amend8 ed in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘, or Office of Inspector

9 General for the Medicare and Medicaid Programs’’ before

10 ‘‘; as the case may be;’’.

11 SEC. 4. COMPENSATION

12 Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is

13 amended by adding at the end the following:

14 ‘‘Inspector General for the Medicare and Medicaid

15 Programs.’’.

16 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

17 There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such

18 sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of

19 this Act.

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