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HR 5448 101th Congress House Taxation Cancer Cardiovascular diseases Cigarettes Excise tax Government trust funds Health Medicaid Medicare Public assistance programs Smoking Tobacco tax

Medicare-Medicaid Reimbursement Act of 1990

Introduced: August 2, 1990 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 31, 1990
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Aug 2, 1990
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Aug 2, 1990
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Aug 2, 1990
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare-Medicaid Reimbursement Act of 1990 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an additional occupational tax on manufacturers and importers of cigarettes equal to the amount of smoking-related medical costs multiplied by the percentage of cigarettes sold during the preceding year in the United States.

Sets forth the smoking-related medical costs for the three-year period beginning after December 31, 1990. Declares the costs for the three-year period beginning after December 31, 1993, to be the amount determined to be equal to: (1) the average annual amount estimated to have been expended for the care and treatment of smoking-related cancers, circulatory system diseases, and respiratory diseases under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (Medicare); and (2) the average annual amount of estimated expenditures under title XIX of such Act (Medicaid) for such cancers and diseases.

Appropriates a portion of increased cigarette tax revenues to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund under the Medicare program for smoking-related medical costs.

Authorizes appropriations of a portion of such revenues to the Medicaid program for such costs.

What's happening now August 31, 1990

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

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