,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dcib  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ad1       
#bjag,mr4 ,mc,kinley 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,thompson of ,california1 ,mr4 ,johnson 
of ,ohio1 ,mr4 ,kustoff of ,tennessee1  
,mr4 ,courtney1 and ,ms4 ,castor of     
,florida7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,energy and ,commerce1 and in addition 
to the ,committee on ,ways and ,means1  
for a period to be subsequently         
determined by the ,speaker1 in each case
 for consideration of such provisions as
 fall within the jurisdiction of the    
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
provide that the provision of the       
,medicare ,program3 ,hospital           
,outpatient ,prospective ,payment and   
,ambulatory ,surgical ,center ,payment  
,systems and ,quality ,reporting        
,programs final regulation relating to  
changes in the payment amount for       
certain drugs and biologicals purchased 
under the #cdj;,b drug discount program 

shall have no force or effect1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,treatment of      
certain ,medicare hospital outpatient   
payments for certain drugs2 ,,opps      
budget neutrality adjustment  7a7       
,preventing implementation of ,medicare 
hospital outpatient payment changes for 
hospitals that purchase drugs under     
#cdj;,b drug discount program ,beginning
 on the date of the enactment of this   
,act1 the ,secretary of ,health and     
,human ,services shall not take any     
action to implement1 administer1 or     
enforce the provision of the final      
regulation titled the ,medicare         
,program3 ,hospital ,outpatient         
,prospective ,payment and ,ambulatory   
,surgical ,center ,payment ,systems and 
,quality ,reporting ,programs published 
on ,november #ac1 #bjag 7#hb ,fed4 ,reg4
 #ebcef et seq471 that would change the 
payment amount under the ,prospective   
,payment ,system for ,hospital          
,outpatient ,department ,services under 
section #ahcc7t7 of the ,social         

,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aciel7t77
 for separately payable1 nonpass-through
 drugs and biologicals purchased under  
the drug discount program under section 
#cdj;,b of the ,public ,health ,service 
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bef;b74 ,the       
payment amount under such payment system
 under such section #ahcc7t7 for such a 
drug or biological shall be determined  
through the same methodology as if such 
final regulation did not apply4  7b7    
,,opps budget neutrality adjustment ,the
 first sentence of section              
#ahcc7t77#i77;,b7 of the ,social        
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#aciel7t77#i77;,b77 is amended by       
striking part each place such term      
appears and inserting subsection each   
such place4