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S. 2381 (103rd)

A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide health care fraud and abuse guidance, and for other purposes.

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Introduced

11 August 1994

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Status

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 578.

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2 June 2021

Summary

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) annually to publish in the Federal Register a notice soliciting proposals for: (1) modifications to existing safe harbors issued pursuant to the Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act of 1987; (2) additional safe harbors specifying payment practices that shall not be treated as criminal offenses or serve as the basis for an exclusion; and (3) certain interpretive rulings and special fraud alerts. Prescribes the rulemaking process to follow, including criteria for modifying and establishing safe harbors. Authorizes any person to present, at any time, a request to the Inspector General of HHS for: (1) a statement (interpretive ruling) of the current interpretation of the meaning of a specific aspect of Social Security Act civil and criminal prohibitions with respect to Medicare and Medicaid; and (2) a notice (special fraud alert) which informs the public of practices considered suspect or of particular concern under specified kickback, bribe, or rebate prohibitions. Specifies criteria for such rulings and alerts.

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