For purposes of this section, a past-due obligation is any amount-
This section shall not preclude the United States from applying other provisions of law otherwise applicable to the collection of obligations owed to the United States, including (but not limited to) the use of tax refund offsets pursuant to section 3720A of title 31 and the application of other procedures provided under chapter 37 of title 31.
Amounts equal to the amounts deducted pursuant to this section shall be transferred from the Trust Fund from which the payment to the individual, provider, or other entity would otherwise have been made, to the general fund in the Treasury, and shall be credited as payment of the past-due obligation of the individual from whom (or with respect to whom) the deduction was made.
1So in original. Probably should be "individual's".
2See References in Text note below.
3So in original. Probably should be "individuals".
42 U.S.C. § 1395ccc
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTSection 204(a)(1) of the Public Health Service Amendments of 1987, referred to in subsec. (a)(1)(B), is section 204(a)(1) of Pub. L. 100-177, title II, Dec. 1, 1987, 101 Stat. 1000, which is set out as a note under section 254o of this title.The Public Health Service Act, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1)(B)(iii) and (b), is act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, 58 Stat. 682. Subpart II of part D of title III of the Act is classified generally to subpart II (§254d et seq.) of part D of subchapter II of chapter 6A of this title. Subpart I of part C of title VII of the Act was classified generally to subpart I (§294 et seq.) of part C of subchapter V of chapter 6A of this title and was omitted in the general revision of subchapter V by Pub. L. 102-408, title I, §102, Oct. 13, 1992, 106 Stat. 1994. See subpart I (§292 et seq.) of part A of subchapter V of chapter 6A of this title. Subpart III of part F of title VII of the Public Health Service Act (as in effect before October 1, 1976) was classified to subpart III (§295g-21 et seq.) of part F of subchapter V of chapter 6A of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 94-484, title IV, §409(a), Oct. 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 2290. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 201 of this title and Tables.
AMENDMENTS1988- Pub. L. 100-360, §411(f)(10)(C)(i)(I), substituted "individuals" for "physicians" and inserted "and loan" in section catchline. Subsec. (a)(1)(A). Pub. L. 100-360, §411(f)(10)(C)(i)(IV), as amended by Pub. L. 100-485, §608(d)(21)(H), inserted ",the Physician Shortage Area Scholarship Program, or the Health Education Assistance Loan Program". Pub. L. 100-360, §411(f)(10)(C)(i)(II), as amended by Pub. L. 100-485, §608(d)(21)(G), substituted "individual" for "physician" in two places. Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 100-360, §411(f)(10)(C)(i)(II), as amended by Pub. L. 100-485, §608(d)(21)(G), substituted "an individual" for "a physician" in introductory provisions and "individual" for "physician" in cls. (i)(I) and (II), (ii), and (iii).Subsec. (a)(2)(A) to (C). Pub. L. 100-360, §411(f)(10)(C)(i)(II), as amended by Pub. L. 100-485, §608(d)(21)(G), substituted "individual" for "physician" wherever appearing. Subsec. (a)(2)(C)(ii). Pub. L. 100-360, §411(f)(10)(A)(i), substituted "paragraph (4)" for "paragraph (3)". Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 100-360, §411(f)(10)(C)(i)(II), as amended by Pub. L. 100-485, §608(d)(21)(G), substituted "individual" for "physician" in introductory provisions. Subsec. (a)(3)(B). Pub. L. 100-360, §411(f)(10)(C)(i)(II), as amended by Pub. L. 100-485, §608(d)(21)(G), substituted "individual" for "physician". Pub. L. 100-360, §411(f)(10)(A)(i), substituted "paragraph (4)" for "paragraph (3)". Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 100-360, §411(f)(10)(C)(i)(III), substituted "community practitioner" for "community physician". Pub. L. 100-360, §411(f)(10)(C)(i)(II), as amended by Pub. L. 100-485, §608(d)(21)(G), substituted "an individual" for "a physician" and "such individual" for "such physician". Pub. L. 100-360, §411(f)(10)(A)(iii), as amended by Pub. L. 100-360, §608(d)(21)(E), inserted before period at end "if a State requests that the individual not be excluded". Pub. L. 100-360, §411(f)(10)(A)(ii), substituted "exclude" for "bar". Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100-360, §411(f)(10)(C)(i)(V), as amended by Pub. L. 100-485, §608(d)(21)(F)(i), substituted "or under subpart III of part F of title VII of such Act (as in effect before October 1, 1976) and which has not been paid by the deadline established by the Secretary pursuant to such respective section" for ",and (2) which has not been paid by the deadline established by the Secretary pursuant to section 338E of the Public Health Service Act".Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 100-360, §411(f)(10)(C)(i)(II), as amended by Pub. L. 100-485, §608(d)(21)(G), substituted "an individual" for "a physician".Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 100-360, §411(f)(10)(C)(i)(VI), as amended by Pub. L. 100-485, §608(d)(21)(F)(i), added par. (2).Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 100-360, §411(f)(10)(C)(i)(II), as amended by Pub. L. 100-485, §608(d)(21)(G), substituted "an individual" for "a physician".Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 100-360, §411(f)(10)(C)(i)(VII), as added by Pub. L. 100-485, §608(d)(21)(F), substituted "continues" for "continued". Pub. L. 100-360, §411(f)(10)(C)(i)(II), as amended by Pub. L. 100-485, §608(d)(21)(G), substituted "individual" for "physician" in three places. Subsec. (d)(4) to (6). Pub. L. 100-360, §411(f)(10)(C)(i)(II), as amended by Pub. L. 100-485, §608(d)(21)(G), substituted "individual" for "physician" wherever appearing. Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 100-360, §411(f)(10)(C)(i)(II), as amended by Pub. L. 100-485, §608(d)(21)(G), substituted "individual" for "physician" in two places.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1988 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 100-485 effective as if included in the enactment of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988, Pub. L. 100-360, see section 608(g)(1) of Pub. L. 100-485 set out as a note under section 704 of this title.Except as specifically provided in section 411 of Pub. L. 100-360 amendment by section 411(f)(10)(A) of Pub. L. 100-360 as it relates to a provision in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987, Pub. L. 100-203 effective as if included in the enactment of that provision in Pub. L. 100-203, see section 411(a) of Pub. L. 100-360 set out as a Reference to OBRA; Effective Date note under section 106 of Title 1, General Provisions. Pub. L. 100-360, title IV, §411(f) (10)(C)(iii), July 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 781, provided that: "The Amendments made by this subparagraph [amending this section and former section 294f of this title] shall be effective 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [July 1, 1988]."
EFFECTIVE DATE Pub. L. 100-203, title IV, §4052(c), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330-97, provided that: "The amendments made by this section [enacting this section and amending section 254o of this title] shall be effective on the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 22, 1987]."
- Secretary
- The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.1See References in Text note below.
- United States
- The term "United States" means (but only for purposes of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this paragraph) the fifty States and the District of Columbia.