3.0.0 2811 2023-01-13T04:48:18Z 2023-01-13T04:48:18Z Senate S S 2006-05-16 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-05-16T15:45:23Z One More Chance to Sign Up Act of 2006 109 5387 HR 2006-06-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman . Related bill CRS Medicare Drug Benefit Enrollment Fairness Act of 2006 109 5399 HR 2006-06-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman . Related bill CRS Medicare Late Enrollment Assistance Act of 2006 109 2810 S 2006-05-17 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 434. Related bill CRS 2006-05-16 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2006-05-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI N D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2006-05-16 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2006-05-19 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2006-05-19 False L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2006-05-22 False L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2006-05-23 False 2006-05-25 Health Appropriations Commerce Consumer education Counseling Department of Health and Human Services Drugs Economics and Public Finance Government Operations and Politics Grants-in-aid Health insurance Managed care Medicare Prescription pricing Social Welfare Health 00 2006-05-16 Introduced in Senate 2006-05-31T19:34:06Z Medicare Enrollment Fairness Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend the annual, coordinated election period, without any late enrollment penalty, for an additional seven months until the end of calendar 2006 for enrollments in Medicare Advantage plans and in the Medicare prescription drug benefit.

Permits a one-time change of plan enrollment for the Medicare prescription drug benefit during all of 2006 (currently, only during the first six months of 2006).

Makes appropriations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award health insurance information, counseling, and assistance grants to states under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990.

]]> Medicare Enrollment Fairness Act of 2006 Display Title Medicare Enrollment Fairness Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the annual, coordinated election period under the Medicare part D prescription drug program through all of 2006 and to provide for a refund of excess premiums paid during 2006, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Enrollment Fairness Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-05-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2811is/xml/BILLS-109s2811is.xml 2006-05-16 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.