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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73not60

§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 Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must move money from the Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance) and Part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) trust funds into the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund (PCORTF). For fiscal year 2013 the transfer is $1 multiplied by the average number of people with Part A or Part B that year. For fiscal years 2014–2019 the transfer is $2 multiplied by that average. For any fiscal year beginning after September 30, 2014, the per-person dollar amount is increased each year. Each year’s new amount equals the previous year’s amount plus that amount times the percent increase in projected per-capita National Health Expenditures, using the Secretary’s most recent projection before the year starts.

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Title 42, §1320e–2

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(a)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)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)such dollar amount for the previous fiscal year, multiplied by
(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

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60