[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4214 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4214

 To amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit 
      the use of ``cold-call'' marketing of Medicare+Choice plans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 14, 1998

Mr. Stark (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Berry, Mr. Brown of 
     Ohio, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Filner, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. Frost, and Mr. 
  McDermott) 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 prohibit 
      the use of ``cold-call'' marketing of Medicare+Choice plans.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare+Choice Cold-Calling 
Prohibition Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF COLD-CALL MARKETING OF MEDICARE+CHOICE PLANS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1851(h)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395w-21(h)(4)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (A),
            (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) 
        and inserting ``; and'', and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) shall include a prohibition against, directly 
                or indirectly, conducting door-to-door, telephonic, or 
                other `cold-call' marketing of enrollment under this 
                part.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to marketing of enrollment conducted on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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