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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988

102 STAT. 740 Federal Register, publication.

Reports.

PUBLIC LAW 100-360—JULY 1, 1988

"(d)(1) The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Board of Trustees of the Trust Fund, shall publish in the Federal Register— "(A) not later than July 1 of each year (beginning with 1992), information on— "(i) the outlays made from the Trust Fund in the preceding year, and (ii) the balance in the Trust Fund as of the close of the preceding year; and "(B) during the last 3 days of September of each such year, the prescription drug monthly premiums to be established under section 1839(g) for months in the succeeding year. "(2) The Secretary shall report to Congress, not later than July 1 of each year (beginning with 1992), respecting the distribution of outlays from the Trust Fund in the previous year among major spending categories. The Comptroller General shall report, not later than September 1 of each year, to Congress concerning the completeness and accuracy of the Secretary's report under the previous sentence and of the premiums established under section 1839(g) and under section 59B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. "(e) In this part, with respect to the Trust Fund and the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Account, the terms 'outlays' and 'receipts' mean, with respect to a quarter or other period, gross outlays and receipts, as such terms are employed in the 'Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts and Outlays of the United States Government (MTS)', as published by the Department of the Treasury, for months in such quarter or other period.". (b) TRANSFERS OF CERTAIN PREMIUMS.— (1) TRANSFER OF FLAT PRESCRIPTION DRUG PREMIUMS TO FED-

ERAL CATASTROPHIC DRUG INSURANCE TRUST FUND.—Section 1840

(42 U.S.C. 1395s) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(i) Notwithstanding the previous provisions of this subsection, premiums collected under this part which are attributable to a prescription drug monthly premium established under section 1839(g) shall, instead of being transferred to (or being deposited to the credit of) the Federal Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund, be transferred to (or deposited to the credit of) the Federal Catastrophic Drug Insurance Trust Fund.". (2) TRANSFER OF SUPPLEMENTAL CATASTROPHIC COVERAGE PREMIUMS INTO THE SMI TRUST FUND.—Section 1841(a) (42 U.S.C.

1395t(a)) is amended by adding the following: "There are hereby appropriated to the Trust Fund amounts equivalent to 100 percent of the supplemental premiums imposed by section 59B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 which are attributable to the catastrophic covereige rate and which are not otherwise appropriated under section 1817A(a)(2) to the Federal Hospital Insurance Catastrophic Coverage Reserve Fund. The amounts appropriated by the preceding sentence shall be transferred from time to time (not less frequently than monthly) from the general fund in the Treasury to the IVust Fund, such amounts to be determined on the basis of estimates by the Secretary of the Treasury of the premiums, specified in the preceding sentence, paid to or deposited into the Treasury; and proper adjustments shall be made in amounts subsequently transferred to the extent prior estimates were in excess of or were less than the premiums specified in such sentence. At the close of each