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S. 1198

Improving the Integrity of Disability Evidence Act

Improving the Integrity of Disability Evidence Act

This bill amends the Social Security Act to prohibit the Commissioner of Social Security from considering (except for good cause) any medical evidence with respect to whether an individual is under a disability which is furnished by: (1) any individual convicted of a felony relating to Medicare fraud, (2) any individual or entity excluded from participation in any federal health care program, and (3) any person with respect to whom a civil monetary penalty or assessment has been imposed for the submission of false evidence.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT](R-UT)Sponsor
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    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

    Finance Committee
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    Introduced in Senate

Improving the Integrity of Disability Evidence Act — Informed