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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1123 

To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to curb waste, 

fraud, and abuse in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 10, 2013 

Mr. CARPER (for himself, Mr. COBURN, Mr. BENNET, Mr. COONS, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. LANDRIEU, Mrs. MCCASKILL, Mr. WARNER, Ms. AYOTTE, 

Mr. ENZI, Mr. ISAKSON, and Mr. CORKER) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act 

to curb waste, fraud, and abuse in 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Med6 icaid Expenditures Act of 2013’’ or the ‘‘PRIME Act of 

7 2013’’. 

8 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 

9 this Act is as follows: 


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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—CURBING IMPROPER PAYMENTS 

Sec. 101. Requiring valid prescriber National Provider Identifiers on pharmacy 

claims. 

Sec. 102. Reforming how CMS tracks and corrects the vulnerabilities identified 

by Recovery Audit Contractors. 

Sec. 103. Improving Senior Medicare Patrol and fraud reporting rewards. 

Sec. 104. Strengthening Medicaid Program integrity through flexibility. 

Sec. 105. Establishing Medicare administrative contractor error reduction incentives. 

Sec. 106. Strengthening penalties for the illegal distribution of a Medicare, 

Medicaid, or CHIP beneficiary identification or billing privileges. 

TITLE II—IMPROVING DATA SHARING 

Sec. 201. Access to the National Directory of New Hires. 

Sec. 202. Improving the sharing of data between the Federal Government and 

State Medicaid programs. 

Sec. 203. Improving claims processing and detection of fraud within the Medicaid and CHIP programs. 

TITLE III—REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION 

Sec. 301. Report on implementation. 

1 TITLE I—CURBING IMPROPER 

2 PAYMENTS 

3 SEC. 101. REQUIRING VALID PRESCRIBER NATIONAL PRO4 VIDER IDENTIFIERS ON PHARMACY CLAIMS. 

5 Section 1860D–4(c) of the Social Security Act (42 

6 U.S.C. 1395w–104(c)) is amended by adding at the end 

7 the following new paragraph: 

8 ‘‘(4) REQUIRING VALID PRESCRIBER NATIONAL

9 PROVIDER IDENTIFIERS ON PHARMACY CLAIMS.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For plan year 2015 

11 and subsequent plan years, subject to subpara12 graph (B), the Secretary shall prohibit PDP 

13 sponsors of prescription drug plans from paying 


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1 claims for prescription drugs under this part 

2 that do not include a valid prescriber National 

3 Provider Identifier. 

4 ‘‘(B) PROCEDURES.—The Secretary shall 

5 establish— 

6 ‘‘(i) procedures for determining the 

7 validity of prescriber National Provider 

8 Identifiers under subparagraph (A); and 

9 ‘‘(ii) procedures for transferring to 

10 the Inspector General of the Department 

11 of Health and Human Services and appro12 priate law enforcement agencies and other 

13 oversight entities information on those Na14 tional Provider Identifiers and pharmacy 

15 claims, including records related to such 

16 claims, that the Secretary determines are 

17 invalid under clause (i). 

18 ‘‘(C) REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 

19 2017, the Inspector General of the Department 

20 of Health and Human Services shall submit to 

21 Congress a report on the effectiveness of the 

22 procedures established under subparagraph 

23 (B).’’. 


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1 SEC. 102. REFORMING HOW CMS TRACKS AND CORRECTS 

2 THE VULNERABILITIES IDENTIFIED BY RE3 COVERY AUDIT CONTRACTORS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1893(h) of the Social Se5 curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ddd(h)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (8)— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘REPORT.—The Secretary’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘REPORT.— 

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara10 graph (C), the Secretary’’; and 

11 (B) by adding after subparagraph (A), as 

12 inserted by subparagraph (A), the following new 

13 subparagraphs: 

14 ‘‘(B) INCLUSION OF IMPROPER PAYMENT

15 VULNERABILITIES IDENTIFIED.—Each report 

16 submitted under subparagraph (A) shall, sub17 ject to subparagraph (C), include— 

18 ‘‘(i) a description of— 

19 ‘‘(I) the types and financial cost 

20 to the program under this title of im21 proper payment vulnerabilities identi22 fied by recovery audit contractors 

23 under this subsection; and 

24 ‘‘(II) how the Secretary is ad25 dressing such improper payment 

26 vulnerabilities; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) an assessment of the effective2 ness of changes made to payment policies 

3 and procedures under this title in order to 

4 address the vulnerabilities so identified. 

5 ‘‘(C) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall 

6 ensure that each report submitted under sub7 paragraph (A) does not include information 

8 that the Secretary determines would be sen9 sitive or would otherwise negatively impact pro10 gram integrity.’’; and 

11 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

12 paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(10) ADDRESSING IMPROPER PAYMENT

14 VULNERABILITIES.—The Secretary shall address im15 proper payment vulnerabilities identified by recovery 

16 audit contractors under this subsection in a timely 

17 manner, prioritized based on the risk to the program 

18 under this title.’’. 

19 (b) USE OF MEDICARE AND MEDICAID RECOVERY

20 AUDIT CONTRACTOR RECOVERIES FOR PROVIDER EDU21 CATION AND TO PREVENT IMPROPER PAYMENTS AND

22 FRAUD.— 

23 (1) MEDICARE RAC PROGRAM.—Section 

24 1893(h)(1)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

25 1395ddd(h)(1)(C)) is amended— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘the Secretary shall re2 tain’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary— 

3 ‘‘(i) shall retain’’; 

4 (B) in clause (i), as added by subpara5 graph (A)— 

6 (i) by inserting ‘‘, in addition to any 

7 other funds that may be available,’’ after 

8 ‘‘available’’; 

9 (ii) by inserting ‘‘until expended’’ 

10 after ‘‘Services’’; and 

11 (iii) by striking the period at the end 

12 and inserting a semicolon; and 

13 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

14 clauses: 

15 ‘‘(ii) may retain an additional portion 

16 of the amounts recovered (not to exceed 25 

17 percent of such amounts recovered) which 

18 shall be available, in addition to any other 

19 funds that may be available, to such pro20 gram management account until expended 

21 for purposes of activities to address prob22 lems that contribute to improper payments 

23 and fraud under this title; and 

24 ‘‘(iii) shall retain an additional 5 per25 cent of such amounts recovered to be made 


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1 available, in addition to any other funds 

2 that may be available, to the Inspector 

3 General of the Department of Health and 

4 Human Services until expended for the In5 spector General to carry out activities of 

6 the Inspector General relating to inves7 tigating improper payments or auditing in8 ternal controls associated with payments 

9 under this title.’’. 

10 (2) MEDICAID RAC PROGRAM.—Section 1936 of 

11 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396u–6) is 

12 amended by adding at the end the following new 

13 subsection: 

14 ‘‘(f) AMOUNTS RECOVERED THROUGH RECOVERY

15 AUDIT CONTRACTORS.—Notwithstanding any other provi16 sion of law, the Secretary— 

17 ‘‘(1) may retain a portion of the amounts recov18 ered pursuant to the program established under sec19 tion 1902(a)(42)(B) (not to exceed 25 percent of the 

20 Federal share of such amounts recovered) which 

21 shall be available, in addition to any other funds 

22 that may be available, to the program management 

23 account of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

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1 lems that contribute to improper payments and 

2 fraud under this title; and 

3 ‘‘(2) shall retain an additional 5 percent of the 

4 Federal share of such amounts recovered to be made 

5 available, in addition to any other funds that may be 

6 available, to the Inspector General of the Depart7 ment of Health and Human Services until expended 

8 for the Inspector General to carry out activities of 

9 the Inspector General relating to investigating im10 proper payments or auditing internal controls associ11 ated with payments under this title.’’. 

12 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

13 by this section shall take effect on January 1, 2014. 

14 SEC. 103. IMPROVING SENIOR MEDICARE PATROL AND 

15 FRAUD REPORTING REWARDS. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 

17 Human Services (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Sec18 retary’’) shall develop a plan to revise the incentive pro19 gram under section 203(b) of the Health Insurance Port20 ability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 1395b– 

21 5(b)) to encourage greater participation by individuals to 

22 report fraud and abuse in the Medicare program. Such 

23 plan shall include recommendations for— 

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1 wards based on information that leads to an admin2 istrative action; and 

3 (2) extending the incentive program to the 

4 Medicaid program. 

5 (b) PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION CAM6 PAIGN.—The plan developed under subsection (a) shall 

7 also include recommendations for the use of the Senior 

8 Medicare Patrols authorized under section 411 of the 

9 Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3032) to conduct 

10 a public awareness and education campaign to encourage 

11 participation in the revised incentive program under sub12 section (a). 

13 (c) SUBMISSION OF PLAN.—Not later than 180 days 

14 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

15 submit to Congress the plan developed under subsection 

16 (a). 

17 SEC. 104. STRENGTHENING MEDICAID PROGRAM INTEG18 RITY THROUGH FLEXIBILITY. 

19 Section 1936 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

20 1396u–6) is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, or other22 wise,’’ after ‘‘entities’’; and 

23 (2) in subsection (e)— 

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1 ing the costs of equipment, salaries and bene2 fits, and travel and training)’’ after ‘‘Program 

3 under this section’’; and 

4 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘by 100’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘by 100, or such number as de6 termined necessary by the Secretary to carry 

7 out the Program,’’. 

8 SEC. 105. ESTABLISHING MEDICARE ADMINISTRATIVE CON9 TRACTOR ERROR REDUCTION INCENTIVES. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1874A(b)(1)(D) of the 

11 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395kk(b)(1)(D)) is 

12 amended— 

13 (1) by striking ‘‘QUALITY.—The Secretary’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘QUALITY.— 

15 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clauses 

16 (ii) and (iii), the Secretary’’; and 

17 (2) by inserting after clause (i), as added by 

18 paragraph (1), the following new clauses: 

19 ‘‘(ii) IMPROPER PAYMENT ERROR

20 RATE REDUCTION INCENTIVES.—The Sec21 retary shall provide incentives for medicare 

22 administrative contractors to reduce the 

23 improper payment error rates in their ju24 risdictions. 


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1 ‘‘(iii) INCENTIVES.—The incentives 

2 provided for under clause (ii)— 

3 ‘‘(I) may include a sliding scale 

4 of bonus payments and additional in5 centives to medicare administrative 

6 contractors that reduce the improper 

7 payment error rates in their jurisdic8 tions to certain benchmark levels, as 

9 determined by the Secretary; and 

10 ‘‘(II) shall include substantial re11 ductions in award fee payments under 

12 award fee contracts, for any medicare 

13 administrative contractor that reaches 

14 an upper end error threshold or other 

15 threshold as determined by the Sec16 retary.’’. 

17 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 

19 subsection (a) shall apply to contracts entered into 

20 or renewed on or after the date that is 12 months 

21 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

22 (2) CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO OR RENEWED

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1 fective date under paragraph (1), the Secretary of 

2 Health and Human Services shall, when appropriate 

3 and practicable, seek to apply the incentives pro4 vided for in the amendments made by subsection (a) 

5 through contract modifications. 

6 SEC. 106. STRENGTHENING PENALTIES FOR THE ILLEGAL 

7 DISTRIBUTION OF A MEDICARE, MEDICAID, 

8 OR CHIP BENEFICIARY IDENTIFICATION OR 

9 BILLING PRIVILEGES. 

10 Section 1128B(b) of the Social Security Act (42 

11 U.S.C. 1320a–7b(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(4) Whoever knowingly, intentionally, and with 

14 the intent to defraud purchases, sells or distributes, 

15 or arranges for the purchase, sale, or distribution of 

16 a Medicare, Medicaid, or CHIP beneficiary identi17 fication number or billing privileges under title 

18 XVIII, title XIX, or title XXI shall be imprisoned 

19 for not more than 10 years or fined not more than 

20 $500,000 ($1,000,000 in the case of a corporation), 

21 or both.’’. 


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1 TITLE II—IMPROVING DATA 

2 SHARING 

3 SEC. 201. ACCESS TO THE NATIONAL DIRECTORY OF NEW 

4 HIRES. 

5 Section 453(j) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

6 653 (j)) is amended by adding at the end of the following 

7 new paragraph: 

8 ‘‘(12) INFORMATION COMPARISONS AND DIS9 CLOSURES TO ASSIST IN ADMINISTRATION OF THE

10 MEDICARE PROGRAM AND STATE HEALTH SUBSIDY

11 PROGRAMS.— 

12 ‘‘(A) DISCLOSURE TO THE ADMINIS13 TRATOR OF THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE &

14 MEDICAID SERVICES.—The Administrator of 

15 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid shall have 

16 access to the information in the National Direc17 tory of New Hires for purposes of determining 

18 the eligibility of an applicant for, or enrollee in, 

19 the Medicare program under title XVIII or an 

20 applicable State health subsidy program (as de21 fined in section 1413(e) of the Patient Protec22 tion and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 

23 18083(e))). 


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1 ‘‘(B) DISCLOSURE TO THE INSPECTOR

2 GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

3 AND HUMAN SERVICES.— 

4 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If the Inspector 

5 General of the Department of Health and 

6 Human Services transmits to the Secretary 

7 the names and social security account 

8 numbers of individuals, the Secretary shall 

9 disclose to the Inspector General informa10 tion on such individuals and their employ11 ers maintained in the National Directory 

12 of New Hires. 

13 ‘‘(ii) USE OF INFORMATION.—The In14 spector General of the Department of 

15 Health and Human Services may use in16 formation provided under clause (i) only 

17 for purposes of— 

18 ‘‘(I) determining the eligibility of 

19 an applicant for, or enrollee in, the 

20 Medicare program under title XVIII 

21 or an applicable State health subsidy 

22 program (as defined in section 

23 1413(e) of the Patient Protection and 

24 Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 

25 18083(e))); or 


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1 ‘‘(II) evaluating the integrity of 

2 the Medicare program or an applica3 ble State health subsidy program (as 

4 so defined). 

5 ‘‘(C) DISCLOSURE TO STATE AGENCIES.— 

6 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If, for purposes of 

7 administering an applicable State health 

8 subsidy program (as defined in section 

9 1413(e) of the Patient Protection and Af10 fordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18083(e))), a 

11 State agency responsible for administering 

12 such program transmits to the Secretary 

13 the names and social security account 

14 numbers of individuals, the Secretary shall 

15 disclose to such State agency information 

16 on such individuals and their employers 

17 maintained in the National Directory of 

18 New Hires, subject to this subparagraph. 

19 ‘‘(ii) CONDITION ON DISCLOSURE BY

20 THE SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall 

21 make a disclosure under clause (i) only to 

22 the extent that the Secretary determines 

23 that the disclosure would not interfere with 

24 the effective operation of the program 

25 under this part. 


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1 ‘‘(iii) USE AND DISCLOSURE OF IN2 FORMATION BY STATE AGENCIES.— 

3 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—A State 

4 agency may not use or disclose infor5 mation provided under clause (i) ex6 cept for purposes of administering a 

7 program referred to in clause (i). 

8 ‘‘(II) INFORMATION SECURITY.— 

9 The State agency shall have in effect 

10 data security and control policies that 

11 the Secretary finds adequate to ensure 

12 the security of information obtained 

13 under clause (i) and to ensure that 

14 access to such information is re15 stricted to authorized persons for pur16 poses of authorized uses and disclo17 sures. 

18 ‘‘(III) PENALTY FOR MISUSE OF

19 INFORMATION.—An officer or em20 ployee of the State agency who fails to 

21 comply with this clause shall be sub22 ject to the sanctions under subsection 

23 (l)(2) to the same extent as if such of24 ficer or employee were an officer or 

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1 ‘‘(iv) PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS.— 

2 State agencies requesting information 

3 under clause (i) shall adhere to uniform 

4 procedures established by the Secretary 

5 governing information requests and data 

6 matching under this paragraph. 

7 ‘‘(v) REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS.— 

8 The State agency shall reimburse the Sec9 retary, in accordance with subsection 

10 (k)(3), for the costs incurred by the Sec11 retary in furnishing the information re12 quested under this subparagraph.’’. 

13 SEC. 202. IMPROVING THE SHARING OF DATA BETWEEN 

14 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND STATE 

15 MEDICAID PROGRAMS. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 

17 Human Services (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Sec18 retary’’) shall establish a plan to encourage and facilitate 

19 the participation of States in the Medicare-Medicaid Data 

20 Match Program (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Medi-Medi 

21 Program’’) under section 1893(g) of the Social Security 

22 Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ddd(g)). 

23 (b) PROGRAM REVISIONS TO IMPROVE MEDI-MEDI

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1 Section 1893(g)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 

2 U.S.C. 1395ddd(g)(1)(A)) is amended— 

3 (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by insert4 ing ‘‘or otherwise’’ after ‘‘eligible entities’’; 

5 (2) in clause (i)— 

6 (A) by inserting ‘‘to review claims data’’ 

7 after ‘‘algorithms’’; and 

8 (B) by striking ‘‘service, time, or patient’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘provider, service, time, or pa10 tient’’; 

11 (3) in clause (ii)— 

12 (A) by inserting ‘‘to investigate and re13 cover amounts with respect to suspect claims’’ 

14 after ‘‘appropriate actions’’; and 

15 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a 

16 semicolon; 

17 (4) in clause (iii), by striking the period and in18 serting ‘‘; and’’; and 

19 (5) by adding at end the following new clause: 

20 ‘‘(iv) furthering the Secretary’s de21 sign, development, installation, or enhance22 ment of an automated data system archi23 tecture— 

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1 tegrity, program oversight, and ad2 ministration, including the Medi-Medi 

3 Program; and 

4 ‘‘(II) that improves the coordina5 tion of requests for data from 

6 States.’’. 

7 (c) PROVIDING STATES WITH DATA ON IMPROPER

8 PAYMENTS MADE FOR ITEMS OR SERVICES PROVIDED TO

9 DUAL ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop 

11 and implement a plan that allows each State agency 

12 responsible for administering a State plan for med13 ical assistance under title XIX of the Social Security 

14 Act access to relevant data on improper or fraudu15 lent payments made under the Medicare program 

16 under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 

17 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) for health care items or serv18 ices provided to dual eligible individuals. 

19 (2) DUAL ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL DEFINED.—In 

20 this section, the term ‘‘dual eligible individual’’ 

21 means an individual who is entitled to, or enrolled 

22 for, benefits under part A of title XVIII of the So23 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395c et seq.), or en24 rolled for benefits under part B of title XVIII of 

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1 for medical assistance under a State plan under title 

2 XIX of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) or under 

3 a waiver of such plan. 

4 SEC. 203. IMPROVING CLAIMS PROCESSING AND DETEC5 TION OF FRAUD WITHIN THE MEDICAID AND 

6 CHIP PROGRAMS. 

7 (a) MEDICAID.—Section 1903(i) of the Social Secu8 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(i)), as amended by section 

9 2001(a)(2)(B) of the Patient Protection and Affordable 

10 Care Act (Public Law 111–148), is amended— 

11 (1) in paragraph (25), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

12 end; 

13 (2) in paragraph (26), by striking the period 

14 and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

15 (3) by adding after paragraph (26), the fol16 lowing new paragraph: 

17 ‘‘(27) with respect to amounts expended for an 

18 item or service for which medical assistance is pro19 vided under the State plan or under a waiver of such 

20 plan unless the claim for payment for such item or 

21 service contains a valid beneficiary identification 

22 number that, for purposes of the individual who re23 ceived such item or service, has been determined by 

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1 is eligible to receive benefits under the State plan or 

2 waiver.’’. 

3 (b) CHIP.—Section 2107(e)(1)(I) of the Social Secu4 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1397gg(e)(1)(I)) is amended by strik5 ing ‘‘and (17)’’ and inserting ‘‘(17), and (27)’’. 

6 TITLE III—REPORT ON 

7 IMPLEMENTATION 

8 SEC. 301. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION. 

9 Not later than 270 days after the date of the enact10 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 

11 Services shall submit to Congress a report on the imple12 mentation of the provisions of, and the amendments made 

13 by, this Act. 

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