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HR 5309 109th Congress House

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

Official title: To amend section 1862 of the Social Security Act with respect to the application of Medicare secondary payer rules to workers' compensation settlement agreemen… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend section 1862 of the Social Security Act with respect to the application of Medicare secondary payer rules to workers' compensation settlement agreements and Medicare set-asides under such agreements.

Introduced: July 19, 2006 See on congress.gov
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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
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 15, 2006

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1
POMEROY, EARL
· Sep 29, 2006
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Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Jul 19, 2006
CAMP, DAVE
· May 19, 2006
TANNER, JOHN
· May 4, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5309: Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers' Compensation Settlement Agreements Act of 2006. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5309/
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"H.R. 5309: Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers' Compensation Settlement Agreements Act of 2006." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5309/.
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H.R. 5309, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5309/.
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