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S 1521 111th Congress Senate Health Bank accounts, deposits, capital Medicaid Medicare

IMPROVE Act of 2009

Introduced: July 28, 2009 Introduced by: Klobuchar, Amy Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 28, 2009
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Improving Medicare-Medicaid Payment Policy for Reimbursement through Oversight and Efficiency Act of 2009 or the IMPROVE Act of 2009 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require provider and supplier payments under Medicare and Medicaid to be made through direct deposit or electronic funds transfer (EFT) at depository institutions that are federally insured or eligibile for federal insurance.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1521: IMPROVE Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1521/
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"S. 1521: IMPROVE Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1521/.
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S. 1521, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1521/.
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