S1137B1621A04850       JLW:SRA 12/06/07    #90             A04850
                       AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 1137
                                    Sponsor:  REPRESENTATIVE PERRY
                                           Printer's No. 1621

     1       Amend Title, page 1, lines 19 and 20, by striking out "FOR
     2    PENNSYLVANIANS (MCAP) Reserve Fund" and inserting
     3               and Reduction of Error (Mcare) Reserve Account
     4       Amend Sec. 2, page 17, lines 13 through 30; page 18, lines 1
     5    through 8, by striking out all of said lines on said pages and
     6    inserting
     7                              SUBCHAPTER E
     8            MEDICAL CARE AVAILABILITY AND REDUCTION OF ERROR
     9                        (MCARE) RESERVE ACCOUNT
    10    Section 751.  Establishment.
    11       There is established within the Medical Care Availability and
    12    Reduction of Error (Mcare) Fund a special account to be known as
    13    the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (Mcare)
    14    Reserve Account.
    15    Section 752.  Purpose.
    16       Money in the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error
    17    (Mcare) Reserve Account shall remain in the account for the sole
    18    purpose of reducing the unfunded liability of the fund.

    19       Amend Sec. 4 (Sec. 1112), page 20, lines 7 through 15, by
    20    striking out all of said lines and inserting
    21       (c.1)  Transfers to the Medical Care Availability and
    22    Reduction of Error (Mcare) Reserve Fund.--If the Secretary of
    23    the Budget makes a transfer from the account under subsection
    24    (c), the remaining funds in the account shall be transferred to
    25    the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (Mcare)
    26    Reserve Fund. If the Secretary of the Budget does not make a
    27    transfer from the account under subsection (c), all of the funds
    28    in the account shall be transferred to the Medical Care
    29    Availability and Reduction of Error (Mcare) Reserve Fund.



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