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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§1320e–2 Trust Fund Transfers to Patient-centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund

Title 42 › CHAPTER 7 — SOCIAL SECURITY › SUBCHAPTER XI — GENERAL PROVISIONS, PEER REVIEW, AND ADMINISTRATIVE SIMPLIFICATION › Part D — Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research › § 1320e–2

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must transfer money from the Federal Hospital Insurance (Part A) and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance (Part B) trust funds to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund. The transfers come from each trust fund in proportion to how much each paid for Medicare that year. For fiscal year 2013 the transfer is $1 times the average number of people with Part A or Part B that year. For fiscal years 2014–2019 the transfer is $2 times that average. For any fiscal year starting after September 30, 2014, the dollar amount for that year equals the previous year’s dollar amount (after this rule is applied) plus that amount times the percent increase in the projected per-capita National Health Expenditures, using the most recent projection published by the Secretary before the year starts.

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Title 42, §1320e–2

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In general
The Secretary shall provide for the transfer, from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund under section 1395i of this title and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund under section 1395t of this title, in proportion (as estimated by the Secretary) to the total expenditures during such fiscal year that are made under subchapter XVIII from the respective trust fund, to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund (referred to in this section as the “PCORTF”) under section 9511 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, of the following:
(1)For fiscal year 2013, an amount equal to $1 multiplied by the average number of individuals entitled to benefits under part A, or enrolled under part B, of subchapter XVIII during such fiscal year.
(2)For each of fiscal years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019, an amount equal to $2 multiplied by the average number of individuals entitled to benefits under part A, or enrolled under part B, of subchapter XVIII during such fiscal year.
(b)Adjustments for increases in health care spending
In the case of any fiscal year beginning after September 30, 2014, the dollar amount in effect under subsection (a)(2) for such fiscal year shall be equal to the sum of such dollar amount for the previous fiscal year (determined after the application of this subsection), plus an amount equal to the product of— (1)
(2)the percentage increase in the projected per capita amount of National Health Expenditures, as most recently published by the Secretary before the beginning of the fiscal year.

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The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, referred to in subsec. (a), is classified generally to Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.

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42 U.S.C. § 1320e–2

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110