SEC. 204. APPLICATION OF CERTAIN HEALTH ANTIFRAUD AND ABUSE SANCTIONS TO FRAUD
AND ABUSE AGAINST FEDERAL HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS.
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(a) In General.--Section 1128B (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7b) is amended as
follows:
(1) In the heading, by striking ``Medicare or state health
care programs'' and inserting ``federal health care programs''.
(2) In subsection (a)(1), by striking ``a program under
title XVIII or a State health care program (as defined in
section 1128(h))'' and inserting ``a Federal health care program
(as defined in subsection (f))''.
(3) In subsection (a)(5), by striking ``a program under
title XVIII or a State health care program'' and inserting ``a
Federal health care program''.
(4) In the second sentence of subsection (a)--
(A) by striking ``a State plan approved under title
XIX'' and inserting ``a Federal health care program'',
and
(B) by striking ``the State may at its option
(notwithstanding any other provision of that title or of
such plan)'' and inserting ``the administrator of such
program may at its option (notwithstanding any other
provision of such program)''.
(5) In subsection (b), by striking ``title XVIII or a State
health care program'' each place it appears and inserting ``a
Federal health care program''.
(6) In subsection (c), by inserting ``(as defined in section
1128(h))'' after ``a State health care program''.
(7) By adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(f) For purposes of this section, the term `Federal health care
program' means--
``(1) any plan or program that provides health benefits,
whether directly, through insurance, or otherwise, which is
funded directly, in whole or in part, by the United States
Government (other than the health insurance program under
chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code); or
``(2) any State health care program, as defined in section
1128(h).''.
(b) Effective <<NOTE: 42 USC 1320a-7b note.>> Date.--The amendments
made by this section shall take effect on January 1, 1997.
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