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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''John R. Justice Prosecutors and
Defenders Incentive Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. LOAN REPAYMENT FOR PROSECUTORS AND DEFENDERS.

Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
(42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

''PART JJ--LOAN REPAYMENT FOR PROSECUTORS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS

''SEC. 3111. GRANT AUTHORIZATION.

''(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to encourage
qualified individuals to enter and continue employment as prosecutors
and public defenders.
''(b) Definitions.--In this section:
''(1) Prosecutor.--The term 'prosecutor' means a full-time
employee of a State or local agency who--
''(A) is continually licensed to practice law; and
''(B) prosecutes criminal cases at the State or
local level.
''(2) Public defender.--The term 'public defender' means an
attorney who--
''(A) is continually licensed to practice law; and
''(B) is--
''(i) a full-time employee of a State or
local agency or a nonprofit organization
operating under a contract with a State or unit
of local government, that provides legal
representation to indigent persons in criminal
cases; or
''(ii) employed as a full-time Federal
defender attorney in a defender organization
established pursuant to subsection (g) of
section 3006A of title 18, United States Code,
that provides legal representation to indigent
persons in criminal cases.
''(3) Student loan.--The term 'student loan' means--
''(A) a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under
part B of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq.), excluding a loan under
section 428C of such Act, except as provided under
subparagraph (C);
''(B) a loan made under part D or E of title IV of
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a et
seq. and 1087aa et seq.), excluding a loan under
section 455(g) of such Act, except as provided under
subparagraph (C); and
''(C) a loan made under section 428C or 455(g) of
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078-3 and
1087e(g)) to the extent that such loan was used to
repay a Federal Direct Stafford Loan, a Federal Direct
Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, or a loan made under
section 428 or 428H of such Act.
''(c) Program Authorized.--The Attorney General shall establish a
program by which the Department of Justice shall assume the obligation
to repay a student loan, by direct payments on behalf of a borrower to
the holder of such loan, in accordance with subsection (d), for any
borrower who--
''(1) is employed as a prosecutor or public defender; and
''(2) is not in default on a loan for which the borrower
seeks forgiveness.
''(d) Terms of Agreement.--
''(1) In general.--To be eligible to receive repayment
benefits under subsection (c), a borrower shall enter into a
written agreement that specifies that--
''(A) the borrower will remain employed as a
prosecutor or public defender for a required period of
service of not less than 3 years, unless involuntarily
separated from that employment;
''(B) if the borrower is involuntarily separated
from employment on account of misconduct, or
voluntarily separates from employment, before the end
of the period specified in the agreement, the borrower
will repay the Attorney General the amount of any
benefits received by such employee under this section;
''(C) if the borrower is required to repay an
amount to the Attorney General under subparagraph (B)
and fails to repay such amount, a sum equal to that
amount shall be recoverable by the Federal Government
from the borrower (or such borrower's estate, if
applicable) by such methods as are provided by law for
the recovery of amounts owed to the Federal Government;
''(D) the Attorney General may waive, in whole or
in part, a right of recovery under this subsection if
it is shown that recovery would be against equity and
good conscience or against the public interest; and
''(E) the Attorney General shall make student loan
payments under this section for the period of the
agreement, subject to the availability of
appropriations.
''(2) Repayments.--
''(A) In general.--Any amount repaid by, or
recovered from, a borrower or the estate of a borrower
under this subsection shall be credited to the
appropriation account from which the amount involved
was originally paid.
''(B) Merger.--Any amount credited under
subparagraph (A) shall be merged with other sums in
such account and shall be available for the same
purposes and period, and subject to the same
limitations, if any, as the sums with which the amount
was merged.
''(3) Limitations.--
''(A) Student loan payment amount.--Student loan
repayments made by the Attorney General under this
section shall be made subject to such terms,
limitations, or conditions as may be mutually agreed
upon by the borrower and the Attorney General in an
agreement under paragraph (1), except that the amount
paid by the Attorney General under this section shall
not exceed--
''(i) $10,000 for any borrower in any
calendar year; or
''(ii) an aggregate total of $60,000 in the
case of any borrower.
''(B) Beginning of payments.--Nothing in this
section shall authorize the Attorney General to pay any
amount to reimburse a borrower for any repayments made
by such borrower prior to the date on which the
Attorney General entered into an agreement with the
borrower under this subsection.
''(e) Additional Agreements.--
''(1) In general.--On completion of the required period of
service under an agreement under subsection (d), the borrower
and the Attorney General may, subject to paragraph (2), enter
into an additional agreement in accordance with subsection (d).
''(2) Term.--An agreement entered into under paragraph (1)
may require the borrower to remain employed as a prosecutor or
public defender for less than 3 years.
''(f) Award Basis; Priority.--
''(1) Award basis.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Attorney
General shall provide repayment benefits under this section on
a first-come, first-served basis, and subject to the
availability of appropriations.
''(2) Priority.--The Attorney General shall give priority
in providing repayment benefits under this section in any
fiscal year to a borrower who--
''(A) received repayment benefits under this
section during the preceding fiscal year; and
''(B) has completed less than 3 years of the first
required period of service specified for the borrower
in an agreement entered into under subsection (d).
''(g) Regulations.--The Attorney General is authorized to issue
such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of
this section.
''(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2008
and such sums as may be necessary for each succeeding fiscal year.''.

Ex Output:
John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2007- Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to direct the Attorney General to assume the obligation to repay student loans for borrowers who agree to remain employed, for at least three years, as: (1) state or local criminal prosecutors; or (2) state, local, or federal public defenders in criminal cases. Allows a borrower and the Attorney General to enter into an additional loan repayment agreement, after the required three-year period, for a successive period of service which may be less than three years. Limits the amount paid under such program on behalf of any borrower to $10,000 per calendar year and $60,000 total.

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Urban Medicare-Dependent Hospitals
Preservation Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. CRITERIA AND PAYMENT FOR CERTAIN URBAN MEDICARE-DEPENDENT
HOSPITALS.

(a) In General.--Section 1886(d)(5) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
''(M)(i) For cost reporting periods beginning on or
after October 1, 2011, and before October 1, 2014, in
the case of a subsection (d) hospital which is an urban
Medicare-dependent hospital, payment under paragraph
(1)(A) shall be equal to the sum of the amount
determined under clause (ii) and the amount determined
under paragraph (1)(A)(iii).
''(ii) The amount determined under this clause is,
for discharges occurring during a cost reporting period
that begins on or after October 1, 2011, and before
October 1, 2014, 50 percent of the amount by which the
hospital's target amount for the cost reporting period
(as defined in subsection (b)(3)(L)) exceeds the amount
determined under paragraph (1)(A)(iii).
''(iii) For purposes of this subparagraph, the term
'urban Medicare-dependent hospital' means, with respect
to any cost reporting period to which clause (i)
applies, any hospital--
''(I) located in an urban area or
reclassified to an urban area for wage index
purposes;
''(II) that does not receive payment--
''(aa) under subparagraph (C) as a
rural referral center;
''(bb) under subparagraph (D) as a
sole community hospital;
''(cc) under subparagraph (B) or
under subsection (h); or
''(dd) under subparagraph (F);
''(III) that is not a physician-owned
hospital, as defined in section 489.3 of title
42, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect
as of the date of the enactment of this
subparagraph); and
''(IV) for which not less than 60 percent
of its inpatient days or discharges during the
cost reporting period beginning in fiscal year
2006, or two of the three most recently audited
cost reporting periods for which the Secretary
has a settled cost report, were attributable to
inpatients entitled to benefits under part A
and not enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan
under part C.''.
(b) Target Payment Amount.--Section 1886(b)(3) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(b)(3)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (B)(iv), by striking ''and (D)'' and
inserting '', (D), and (M)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
''(M) For cost reporting periods occurring on or
after October 1, 2011, and before October 1, 2014, in
the case of a hospital that is an urban Medicare-
dependent hospital (as defined in subsection
(d)(5)(M)), the term 'target amount' means--
''(i) with respect to the first 12-month
cost reporting period in which this
subparagraph is applied to the hospital, the
allowable operating costs of inpatient hospital
services (as defined in subsection (a)(4))
recognized under this title for the hospital
for the 12-month cost reporting period
beginning during fiscal year 2002 or 2006
(whichever results in a higher target amount),
increased by the applicable percentage increase
under subparagraph (B)(iv) for each of fiscal
years 2003 through 2011 or 2007 through 2011,
respectively; and
''(ii) with respect to discharges occurring
after the first 12-month cost reporting period
in which this subparagraph is applied to the
hospital, the target amount for the preceding
year increased by the applicable percentage
increase under subparagraph (B)(iv).''.

Ex Output:
Urban Medicare-Dependent Hospitals Preservation Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 2011, and before October 1, 2014, to revise the criteria and payment formula for "subsection (d) hospitals" which are urban Medicare-dependent hospitals.

(Generally a subsection (d) hospital is an acute care hospital particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Health Care Claims Guidance Act''.

SEC. 2. RULES FOR ACTIONS UNDER FALSE CLAIMS PROVISIONS BASED ON CLAIMS
SUBMITTED UNDER CERTAIN HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS.

(a) In General.--Subchapter III of chapter 37 of title 31, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
''Sec. 3734. Rules for certain actions based on health care claims
''(a) In General.--In the case of any action that is brought under
this subchapter based on a claim submitted with respect to a federally
funded health care program, the preceding provisions of this subchapter
shall apply only to the extent that such provisions are consistent with
the provisions of this section.
''(b) Actions if Amount of Damages Are Material Amount.--
Notwithstanding the preceding sections of this subchapter, no action
may be brought under this subchapter based on a claim that is submitted
under a federally funded health care program unless the amount of
damages alleged to have been sustained by the United States Government
with respect to such claim is a material amount.
''(c) Actions for Claims Submitted in Reliance on Official
Guidance.--Notwithstanding the preceding sections of this subchapter,
no action may be brought under this subchapter based on a claim
submitted--
''(1) in reliance on (and correctly using) erroneous
information supplied by a Federal agency (or an agent thereof)
about matters of fact at issue; or
''(2) in reliance on (and correctly applying) written
statements of Federal policy which affects such claim provided
by a Federal agency (or an agent thereof).
''(d) Action for Claims Submitted by Persons in Substantial
Compliance With Model Compliance Plan.--Notwithstanding the preceding
sections of this subchapter, no action may be brought under this
subchapter based on a claim submitted by a person that is in
substantial compliance with a model compliance plan issued by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services (in consultation with the
Secretary of Defense).
''(e) Standard of Proof.--In any action brought under this
subchapter with respect to a claim submitted to a federally funded
health care program, section 3731(c) shall be applied by substituting
'clear and convincing evidence' for 'a preponderance of the evidence'.
''(f) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed as limiting the authority of the Government of the United
States to recoup or otherwise recover damages with respect to a claim
submitted to a federally funded health care program under provisions of
law other than this subchapter.
''(g) Definitions; Related Rules.--For purposes of this section--
''(1) the term 'claim' means a claim (as defined in section
3729(c)) made with respect to a federally funded health care
program;
''(2) the term 'damages' means the amount of any
overpayment made by the United States Government with respect
to a claim;
''(3) the term 'federally funded health care program' means
a program that provides health benefits, whether directly,
through the purchase of insurance, or otherwise, that is
established under--
''(A) title XVIII, XIX, or XXI of the Social
Security Act, or
''(B) title 10, United States Code;
''(4) the amount of damages alleged to have been sustained
by the United States Government with respect to a claim
submitted by (or on behalf of) a person shall be treated as a
'material amount' only if such amount exceeds a proportion
(specified in regulations promulgated by the Secretary of
Health and Human Services in consultation with the Secretary of
Defense) of the total of the amounts for which claims were
submitted by (or on behalf of) such person--
''(A) to the same federally funded health care
program, and
''(B) for the same calendar year,
as the claim upon which an action under this subchapter is
based;
''(5) the regulations specifying the proportion referred to
in paragraph (4) shall be based on the definition of the term
'material' used by the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants as of the date of the enactment of this section;
and
''(6) in determining whether an amount of damages is a
'material amount' under paragraph (4), with respect to a
person--
''(A) the amount of damages for more than 1 claim
may be aggregated only if the acts or omissions
resulting in such damages were part of a pattern of
related acts or omissions by such person, and
''(B) if damages for more than 1 claim are
aggregated in accordance with subparagraph (A), the
proportion referred to in such paragraph shall be
determined by comparing the amount of such aggregate
damages to the total of the amounts for which claims
were submitted by (or on behalf of) such person to the
same federally funded health care program for each of
the calendar years for which any claim upon which such
aggregate damages were based was submitted.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply to actions brought under subchapter III of chapter 37 of title
31, United States Code, with respect to claims submitted before, on,
and after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Ex Output:
Health Care Claims Guidance Act - Amends Federal law relating to claims against the U. S. Government to prohibit any action under such provisions based on a claim submitted: (1) under a federally funded health care program unless the amount of damages alleged is a material amount; (2) in reliance on erroneous information supplied by a Federal agency or in reliance on written statements of Federal policy which affects such claim provided by a Federal agency; or (3) by a person that is in substantial compliance with a model compliance plan issued by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (in consultation with the Secretary of Defense). Requires that the Government prove an allegation of a false health care claim by clear and convincing evidence. Defines, for the amendments made by this Act, "federally funded health care program" to mean a program that provides health benefits, directly or otherwise, established under Social Security Act titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), or XXI (Children's Health Insurance) or provisions of Federal law relating to the armed forces.