3.0.0 2759 2023-01-13T04:48:19Z 2023-01-13T04:48:19Z Senate S S 2006-05-08 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-05-08T20:33:00Z 2006-05-08 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2006-05-08 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4157-4158) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-05-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. N B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2006-05-08 True D000294 Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] MICHAEL DEWINE R OH 2006-05-09 False Health Appropriations Commerce Consumer education Counseling Drugs Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to health facilities Federal aid to the aged Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Health counseling Health insurance Indian medical care Insurance premiums Medicare Minorities Prescription pricing Social Welfare Health 00 2006-05-08 Introduced in Senate 2006-05-17T15:28:04Z Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act of 2006 - Authorizes and makes appropriations to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for additional grants to state health insurance counseling and assistance (HICA) programs to conduct outreach and education related to enrollment in the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (SSA).

Makes appropriations to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to provide funding to Area Agencies on Aging and Native American aging programs to conduct outreach and education related to the Medicare prescription drug program under part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of SSA title XVIII.

Amends SSA title XVIII part D to provide a special enrollment period for individuals who qualify for a low- income-related subsidy under the Medicare prescription drug program.

]]> Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act of 2006 Display Title Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for additional outreach and education related to the Medicare program and to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide a special enrollment period for individuals who qualify for an income-related subsidy under the Medicare prescription drug program. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-05-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2759is/xml/BILLS-109s2759is.xml 2006-05-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.