MASSACHUSETTS MEDICARE REPAYMENT.

SEC. 6027. MASSACHUSETTS MEDICARE REPAYMENT. The Secretary of Health and Human Services may not, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act and before May 1, 1990, recoup from, or otherwise reduce payments to, hospitals in the State of Massachusetts because of alleged overpayments to such hospitals under part A of title XVIII of the Social Security Act which occurred during the period of the statewide hospital reimbursement demonstration project conducted in that State between October 1, 1982, and June 30, 1986, under section 402 of the Social Security Amendments of 1967 and section 222 of the Social Security Amendments of 1972. Interest shall not accrue on any such alleged overpayments during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on May 1, 1990.