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Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Ted Weiss Memorial Health Care Fraud
and Abuse Commission Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE
COMMISSION.

(a) In General.--There is established a commission to be known as
the ''Ted Weiss Memorial Health Care Fraud and Abuse Commission'' (in
this Act referred to as the ''Commission'').
(b) Composition.--The Commission shall be composed of 18 members as
follows:
(1) Officials.--
(A) The Secretary of Health and Human Services (or
the Secretary's designee).
(B) The Inspector General of the Department of
Health and Human Services (or the Inspector General's
designee).
(C) The Attorney General (or the Attorney General's
designee).
(D) The Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (or the Director's designee).
(E) The Administrator of the Health Care Financing
Administration (or the Administrator's designee).
(2) Public members.--Thirteen members, appointed by the
President, of which--
(A) one shall be an Attorney General of a State;
(B) one shall be a representative of State medicaid
fraud control programs;
(C) one shall be a State official directly
responsible for regulation of health insurance;
(D) one shall be a representative of physicians;
(E) one shall be a representative of hospital
administrators;
(F) one shall be a representative of health
insurance companies;
(G) one shall be a representative of employers who
self-fund employee health benefit plans;
(H) one shall be a representative of employers who
purchase a health benefit plan from a health insurance
company;
(I) one shall be a representative of medicare
carriers;
(J) one shall be a representative of medicare peer
review organizations;
(K) one shall be a representative of health care
consumers;
(L) one shall be a representative of medicare
beneficiaries; and
(M) one shall be a representative of labor unions.
In making appointments under this paragraph of an individual
who is a representative of persons or organizations, the
President shall consider the recommendations of national
organizations that represent such persons or organizations. The
President shall report to Congress, within 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the names of the members
appointed under this paragraph.
(c) Terms.--Each member shall be appointed for the life of the
Commission. A vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the manner
in which the original appointment was made.

SEC. 3. FUNCTIONS OF COMMISSION.

(a) In General.--The Commission shall--
(1) investigate the nature, magnitude, and cost of health
care fraud and abuse in the United States, and
(2) identify and develop the most effective methods of
preventing, detecting, and prosecuting or litigating such fraud
and abuse, with particular emphasis on coordinating public and
private prevention, detection, and enforcement efforts.
(b) Particulars.--Among other items, the Commission shall examine
at least the following:
(1) Mechanisms to provide greater standardization of claims
administration in order to accommodate fraud prevention and
detection.
(2) Mechanisms to allow more freedom of health benefit
plans to exchange information for coordinating case development
and prosecution or litigation efforts, without undermining
patient and provider privacy protections or violating anti-
trust laws.
(3) The extension to private health insurers of
administrative remedies currently available to public insurers.
(4) Mechanisms for private insurers to organize and finance
investigation and litigation efforts when more than one insurer
may have received fraudulent claims from a provider.
(5) Creating a model State statute for establishing State
insurance fraud units and State laws to strengthen insurers'
ability to pursue and recover from fraudulent providers.
(6) The need for regulation of new types of health care
providers.
(7) Criteria for physician referrals to facilities in which
they (or family members) have a financial interest.
(8) The availability of resources to law enforcement
authorities to combat health care fraud and abuse.
(c) Report.--After approval by a majority vote, a quorum being
present, the Commission shall transmit to Congress a report on its
activities. The report shall be transmitted not later than 18 months
after the date that a majority of the public members of the Commission
have been appointed. The report shall contain a detailed statement of
the Commission's findings, together with such recommendations as the
Commission considers appropriate.

SEC. 4. ORGANIZATION AND COMPENSATION.

(a) Organization.--
(1) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the Commission
shall constitute a quorum but a lesser number may hold
hearings.
(2) Chairman.--The Commission shall elect one of its
members to serve as chairman of the Commission.
(3) Meetings.--The Commission shall meet at the call of the
chairman or a majority of its members. Meetings of the
Commission are open to the public under section 10(a)(10) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, except that the Commission
may conduct meets in executive session but only if a majority
of the members of the Commission (a quorum being present)
approve going into executive session.
(b) Compensation of Members.--Members of the Commission shall serve
without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence,
and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their
duties as members of the Commission.

SEC. 5. STAFF OF COMMISSION.

(a) In General.--The Commission may appoint and fix the
compensation of a staff director and such other additional personnel as
may be necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its functions,
without regard to the laws, rules, and regulations governing
appointment and compensation and other conditions of service in the
competitive service.
(b) Detail of Federal Employees.--Upon request of the chairman, any
Federal employee who is subject to such laws, rules, and regulations,
may be detailed to the Commission to assist it in carrying out its
functions under this Act, and such detail shall be without interruption
or loss of civil service status or privilege.
(c) Experts and Consultants.--The Commission may procure temporary
and intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United
States Code, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the daily
equivalent of 120 percent of the maximum annual rate of basic pay
payable for GS-15 of the General Schedule.

SEC. 6. AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION.

(a) Hearings and Sessions.--The Commission may, for the purpose of
carrying out this Act, hold hearings, sit and act at times and places,
take testimony, and receive evidence as the Commission considers
appropriate. The Commission may administer oaths or affirmations to
witnesses appearing before it.
(b) Obtaining Official Data.--
(1) In general.--The Commission may secure directly from
any department or agency of the United States information
necessary to enable it to carry out this Act. Upon request of
the chairman of the Commission, the head of that department or
agency shall furnish that information to the Commission.
(2) Access to information.--Information obtained by the
Commission is available to the public in the same manner in
which information may be made available under sections 552 and
552a of title 5, United States Code.
(c) Gifts, Bequests, and Devises.--The Commission may accept, use,
and dispose of gifts, bequests, or devises of services or property for
the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the Commission.
(d) Mails.--The Commission may use the United States mails in the
same manner and under the same conditions as other departments and
agencies of the United States.
(e) Administrative Support Services.--Upon the request of the
Commission, the Administrator of General Services shall provide to the
Commission, on a reimbursable basis, the administrative support
services necessary for the Commission to carry out its responsibilities
under this Act.
(f) Subpoena Power.--
(1) In general.--The Commission may issue subpoenas
requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the
production of any evidence relating to any matter which the
Commission is authorized to investigate under this Act. The
attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence may be
required from any place within the United States at any
designated place of hearing within the United States.
(2) Failure to obey a subpoena.--If a person refuses to
obey a subpoena issued under paragraph (1), the Commission may
apply to a United States district court for an order requiring
that person to appear before the Commission to give testimony,
produce evidence, or both, relating to the matter under
investigation. The application may be made within the judicial
district where the hearing is conducted or where that person is
found, resides, or transacts business. Any failure to obey the
order of the court may be punished by the court as civil
contempt.
(3) Service of subpoenas.--The subpoenas of the Commission
shall be served in the manner provided for subpoenas issued by
a United States district court under the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure for the United States district courts.
(4) Service of process.--All process of any court to which
application is to be made under paragraph (2) may be served in
the judicial district in which the person required to be served
resides or may be found.

SEC. 7. TERMINATION.

The Commission shall terminate 90 days after the date the report is
submitted under section 3(c).

SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Commission such sums
as are necessary to carry out its functions, to remain available until
expended.
Output:
Ted Weiss Memorial Health Care Fraud and Abuse Commission Act of 1993 - Establishes the Ted Weiss Memorial Commission on Health Care Fraud and Abuse to investigate the nature, magnitude, and cost of health care fraud and abuse and develop methods for its prevention, detection, prosecution, and litigation. Authorizes appropriations.