Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers' Compensation Settlement Agreements Act of 2006

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Bill Number

HR 5309

Introduced

May 4, 2006

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman .

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Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Annuities Collection of accounts Commerce Contracts Department of Health and Human Services Economics and Public Finance Government Operations and Politics Health Indexing (Economic policy) Judicial review Labor and Employment Law Liability (Law) Medicare Social Welfare Valuation Workers' compensation

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Summary

Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers' Compensation Settlement Agreements Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) create an exception to Medicare secondary payer requirements for certain workers' compensation settlement agreements; and (2) provide for the satisfaction of such requirements through use of qualified Medicare set-asides under workers' compensation settlement agreements.

Actions

May 15, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman .
May 4, 2006

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy 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.
May 4, 2006

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