[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2703 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2703

 To amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue 
after 2001 continuous open enrollment of individuals in Medicare+Choice 
                                 plans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 21, 1997

  Mr. Stark introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 
Commerce, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue 
after 2001 continuous open enrollment of individuals in Medicare+Choice 
                                 plans.

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

SECTION 1. CONTINUATION AFTER 2001 OF CONTINUOUS OPEN ENROLLMENT OF 
              INDIVIDUALS IN MEDICARE+CHOICE PLANS.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 1851(e) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-21(e)), as inserted by section 4001 of 
the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) Continuous open enrollment and disenrollment.--
        Subject to paragraph (5), a Medicare+Choice eligible individual 
        may change the election under subsection (a)(1) at any time.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Such section 1851(e) is further amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (4)--
                            (i) in the first sentence, by striking 
                        ``Effective'' and all that follows through 
                        ``if--'' and inserting ``A special election 
                        period under this paragraph occurs with respect 
                        to an individual who has elected a 
                        Medicare+Choice plan offered by a 
                        Medicare+Choice organization if--'', and
                            (ii) by striking the second sentence;
                    (B) in paragraph (5)(B), by striking ``the first 
                sentence of''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (6)(A), by striking ``the first 
                sentence of''.
            (2) Section 1882(s)(3)(b)(ii) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1395ss(s)(3)(b)(ii)), as added by section 4031(a)(3) of the 
        Balanced Budget Act of 1997, is amended by striking ``the first 
        sentence of''.
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