Bill Text: CA AJR12 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-07-28 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 69, Statutes of 2011. [AJR12 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AJR12-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AJR 12	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  69
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 28, 2011
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 28, 2011
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  JULY 14, 2011
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 27, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Solorio

                        MAY 17, 2011

   Relative to the Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act
of 2011.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AJR 12, Solorio. Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act
of 2011.
   This measure would request that the Congress and the President of
the United States enact the federal Strengthening Medicare and
Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2011.




   WHEREAS, The federal Medicare secondary payer law (42 U.S.C. Sec.
1395y(b)) is an important law designed to protect the Medicare Trust
Fund and ensure that Medicare pays only for medical expenses for
which it is responsible; and
   WHEREAS, California residents who are eligible for the Medicare
Program periodically seek compensation for personal injuries that are
the liability of other parties and seek benefits through California'
s workers' compensation system; and
   WHEREAS, California is periodically found liable for industrial
injuries to individuals who are eligible for the Medicare Program
and, as an employer, California pays benefits to those injured
individuals under the workers' compensation system; and
   WHEREAS, The way the Medicare secondary payer law is currently
being administered with respect to claims involving individuals who
are eligible for the Medicare Program has caused considerable delay
and unfairness in the settlement of those claims; and
   WHEREAS, The delays in the settlement of claims and the
uncertainty of the scope of the responsibility of the Medicare
Program as the secondary payer has increased settlement costs; and
   WHEREAS, The delay and uncertainty caused by the Medicare
secondary payer law has increased costs to the state and to local
jurisdictions; and
   WHEREAS, The federal Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers
Act of 2011 (H.R. 1063) has been introduced in Congress, has
bipartisan support, and is supported by a broad spectrum of
organizations with an interest in ensuring that the Medicare
secondary payer law is administered fairly and efficiently to the
benefit of the Medicare Trust Fund and individuals and payers who
have an interest in the prompt settlement of claims for damages or
benefits; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of
California, jointly, That the Legislature respectfully requests that
the Congress and the President of the United States enact the federal
Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2011 (H.R.
1063); and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United
States, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the
Majority Leader of the Senate, and to each Senator and Representative
from California in the Congress of the United States.