To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the penalty for late enrollment under the Medicare Program to 10 percent and twice the period of no enrollment, and for other purposes.

3.0.0 5750 2023-01-12T17:52:39Z 2023-01-12T17:52:39Z House H HR 2006-07-10 109 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2006-07-17T15:09:50Z Referred to 2006-07-10T18:00:28Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-07-10T18:00:33Z 2006-07-17 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2006-07-10 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2006-07-10 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2006-07-10 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2006-07-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-07-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000339 Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] BARNEY FRANK D MA 4 N M000590 Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-21] MICHAEL MCNULTY D NY R. 21 2006-07-19 False J000070 Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2] WILLIAM JEFFERSON D LA J. 2 2006-07-19 False F000030 Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17] SAM FARR D CA 17 2006-07-19 False Health Finance and Financial Sector Health insurance continuation Insurance premiums Medically uninsured Medicare Retiree health benefits Social Welfare Health

00 2006-07-10 Introduced in House 2006-07-19T20:17:35Z Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the late enrollment penalty to a 10% increase in the monthly part B premium due for premiums paid during a period equal to twice the number of months in each of the full periods of 12 months that the part B beneficiary could have been but was not enrolled under Medicare part B.

Excludes periods of COBRA and retiree coverage from calculation of the Medicare late enrollment penalty.

Establishes a special enrollment period for individuals whose COBRA or retiree coverage terminates.

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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the penalty for late enrollment under the Medicare Program to 10 percent and twice the period of no enrollment, and for other purposes. Display Title To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the penalty for late enrollment under the Medicare Program to 10 percent and twice the period of no enrollment, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the penalty for late enrollment under the Medicare Program to 10 percent and twice the period of no enrollment, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2006-07-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr5750ih/xml/BILLS-109hr5750ih.xml 2006-07-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.