[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3591 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3591

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the amount of 
 the premium charged for enrollment in part A of the Medicare program 
for individuals not receiving third-party assistance in payment of the 
                                premium.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 5, 1996

 Mr. Stark (for himself and Mr. Matsui) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the amount of 
 the premium charged for enrollment in part A of the Medicare program 
for individuals not receiving third-party assistance in payment of the 
                                premium.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REDUCTION IN PART A MEDICARE PREMIUM FOR CERTAIN 
              INDIVIDUALS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1818(d) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395i-2(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``paragraph (4)'' and 
        inserting ``paragraphs (4) and (5)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(5)(A) In the case of an individual described in subparagraph (B) 
for a month, the amount of the monthly premium shall be zero.
    ``(B) An individual described in this subparagraph for a month is 
an individual who has established to the satisfaction of the Secretary 
that--
            ``(i) the individual's premium under this section for the 
        month is not (and will not be) paid for, in whole or in part, 
        by a State (under title XIX or otherwise), a political 
        subdivision of a State, or an agency or instrumentality of one 
        or more States or political subdivisions thereof; and
            ``(ii) in each of 60 months before such month in which the 
        individual was enrolled under part A under this section, the 
        individual's premium under this section for the month was not 
        paid for, in whole or in part, by a State (under title XIX or 
        otherwise), a political subdivision of a State, or an agency or 
        instrumentality of one or more States or political subdivisions 
        thereof.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to premiums for months beginning with January 1997, and months 
before such month may be taken into account for purposes of meeting the 
requirement of section 1818(d)(5)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act, as 
added by subsection (a).

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