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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1307 

To include Medicare provider payments in the Federal Payment Levy Program, to require the Department of Health and Human Services to 

offset Medicare provider payments by the amount of the provider’s delinquent Federal debt, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 3, 2007 

Mr. COLEMAN (for himself, Mr. LEVIN, and Mrs. MCCASKILL) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

To include Medicare provider payments in the Federal Payment Levy Program, to require the Department of 

Health and Human Services to offset Medicare provider 

payments by the amount of the provider’s delinquent 

Federal debt, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Medicare Provider Ac5 countability Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF MEDICARE PROVIDER PAYMENTS IN 

2 FEDERAL PAYMENT LEVY PROGRAM. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Centers for Medicare and 

4 Medicaid Services shall take all necessary steps to partici5 pate in the Federal Payment Levy Program under section 

6 6331(h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as soon 

7 as possible and shall ensure that— 

8 (1) at least 50 percent of all payments under 

9 parts A and B of title XVIII of the Social Security 

10 Act are processed through such program within one 

11 year of the date of enactment of this Act, and 

12 (2) all remaining payments under such parts A 

13 and B are processed through such program within 

14 two years of such date. 

15 (b) ASSISTANCE.—The Financial Management Serv16 ice and the Internal Revenue Service shall provide assist17 ance to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 

18 to ensure that all payments described in subsection (a) 

19 are included in the Federal Payment Levy Program by 

20 the deadlines specified in that subsection. 

21 SEC. 3. APPLICATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFSET PROVI22 SIONS TO MEDICARE PROVIDER PAYMENTS. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3716 of title 31, United 

24 States Code, is amended— 


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1 (1) by inserting ‘‘the Department of Health and 

2 Human Services,’’ after ‘‘United States Postal Serv3 ice,’’ in subsection (c)(1)(A), and 

4 (2) by adding at the end of subsection (c)(3) 

5 the following new subparagraph: 

6 ‘‘(D) This section shall apply to claims or 

7 debts, and to amounts payable, under title 

8 XVIII of the Social Security Act.’’. 

9 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

10 this section shall apply to payments made after the date 

11 of enactment of this Act. 

12 SEC. 4. STREAMLINING TAX LEVIES ON FEDERAL PAY13 MENTS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6330(f) of the Internal 

15 Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to jeopardy and State re16 fund collection) is amended— 

17 (1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 

18 (1), 

19 (2) by striking the comma at the end of para20 graph (2) and inserting ‘‘; or’’, 

21 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol22 lowing new paragraph: 

23 ‘‘(3) the Secretary has approved a levy, includ24 ing a continuing levy under section 6331(h), on 


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1 specified payments, as defined in section 

2 6331(h)(2),’’, and 

3 (4) by striking the heading and inserting 

4 ‘‘JEOPARDY, STATE REFUND, AND COLLECTION

5 FROM FEDERAL PAYMENTS’’. 

6 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

7 this section shall apply to levies made after the date of 

8 enactment of this Act. 

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