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HR 4000 107th Congress House

Medicare Safety Net Access Act of 2002

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to enhance the access of Medicare beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to critical primary and… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to enhance the access of Medicare beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to critical primary and preventive health care benefits, to improve the Medicare+Choice program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 19, 2002 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 107th Congress (2001–2002) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Mar 26, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Mar 19, 2002
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.
Mar 19, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 26, 2002

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Medicare Safety Net Access Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise the payment for certain Federally qualified health center (FQHC) services furnished to an individual enrolled with a Medicare+Choice organization under Medicare part C (Medicare+Choice), allowing for supplemental reimbursement, among other changes.

Amends Medicare+Choice to add additional Medicare+Choice contract requirements.

Amends SSA title XI with respect to criminal penalties for acts involving Federal health care programs, particularly illegal remunerations (kickbacks). Exempts from the prohibition against such remunerations any remuneration: (1) between a FQHC (or an entity controlled by such a health center) and a Medicare+Choice organization pursuant to a specified written agreement; and (2) between a certain kind of public or nonprofit private health center entity and any individual or entity providing goods, items, services, donations, loans, or a combination, to such health center entity pursuant to an agreement, if such agreement produces a community benefit that will be used by the health center entity to maintain or increase the availability or accessibility, or enhance the quality, of services provided to a medically underserved population served by the health center entity.

Amends Medicare to provide for coverage of additional FQHC services.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish standards relating to the exception for health center entity arrangements to described anti-kickback penalties.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2067 Identical bill Medicare Safety Net Access Act of 2002
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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 5 Republican 3
D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Oct 10, 2002
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Sep 10, 2002
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · May 23, 2002
Isakson, Johnny
· May 7, 2002
DOOLEY, CAL
· Apr 25, 2002
FROST, MARTIN
· Apr 16, 2002
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Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Apr 16, 2002
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Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Apr 9, 2002
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Apr 9, 2002
BEREUTER, DOUGLAS
· Mar 19, 2002
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Mar 19, 2002
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Mar 19, 2002
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Mar 19, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4000: Medicare Safety Net Access Act of 2002. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4000/
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"H.R. 4000: Medicare Safety Net Access Act of 2002." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4000/.
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