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PUBLIC LAW 103-66—AUG. 10, 1993 107 STAT. 609 PART IV—PROVISION RELATING TO PART B PREMIUM SEC. 13571. PART B PREMIUM. Section 1839 (42 U.S.C. 1395r) is amended— (1) in subsection (eXlXA), by striHng 'l^ecember 1983 and prior to January 1991 shall be an amount equal to 50 percent" and inserting ''after December 1995 and prior to January 199)9 shall be an amount equal to 50 percent", and (2) in subsection (eX2), by striking "1991" and inserting "1998". PART V—PROVISION RELATING TO DATA BANK SEC. 13581. BIEDICARE AND MEDICAID COVERAGE DATA BANK. (a) ESTABUSHMENT OF MEDICARE AND MEDICAID COVERAGE DATA BANK.—Part A of title XI (42 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 'IkfEDICARE AND MEDICAID COVERAGE DATA BANK "SEC. 1144. (a) ESTABUSHMENT OF DATA BANK.—The Secretary 42 use shall establish a Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank I320b-14. (hereafter in this section referred to as the Data Bank') to— "(1) further the purposes of section 1862(b) in the identifica- tion of, and collection from, third parties responsible for payment for health care items and services furnished to medi- care beneficiaries, and "(2) assist in the identification of, and the collection from, third parties responsible for the reimbursement of costs incurred by any State plan under title XDC with respect to medicaid benenciaries, upon re<]^uest by the State agency described in section 1902(a)(5) admmistering such plan. **(b) INFORMATION IN DATA BANK.— "(1) IN GENERAL.—^The Data Bank shall contain information obtained pursuant to section 6103(1X12) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and subsection (c). "(2) DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION IN DATA BANK—The Sec- retary is authorized until September 30,1998— ''(A) (subject to the restriction in subparagraph (DXi) of section 6103(1X12) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) to disclose any information in the Data Bank obtained pursuant to such section solely for the purposes of such section, and "(B) (subject to the restriction in subsection (cX7)) to disclose any other information in the Data Bank to any State agency described in section 1902(aX5), emplover, or group healui plan solely for the purposes described in subsection (a). "(c) REQUIREMENT THAT EMPLOYERS REPORT INFORMATION.— "(1) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— "(A) IN GENERAL.—Any employer described in para- graph (2) shall report to the Secretary (in such form and manner as tlie Secretary determines will minimize the burden of such reporting) with respect to each electing