[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5629 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5629

   To provide for the same treatment of all individuals notified of 
    possible qualification for low-income subsidies for purposes of 
   enrollment and the waiver of late enrollment penalties under the 
                        Medicare part D program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 15, 2006

  Mr. Wexler introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Ways and Means, 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 provide for the same treatment of all individuals notified of 
    possible qualification for low-income subsidies for purposes of 
   enrollment and the waiver of late enrollment penalties under the 
                        Medicare part D program.

    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 Part D Deadline Equality 
Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF SAME MEDICARE PART D SPECIAL ENROLLMENT AND 
              WAIVER OF LATE ENROLLMENT PENALTY RULES FOR ALL 
              INDIVIDUALS NOTIFIED OF POSSIBLE QUALIFICATION FOR LOW-
              INCOME SUBSIDIES.

    (a) In General.--Any special enrollment period for 2006 established 
under section 1860D-1(b)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395w-101(b)(3)) for subsidy-eligible individuals, and any waiver of a 
late enrollment penalty applicable to such individuals, shall apply to 
all notified part D eligible individuals without regard to whether or 
not they are subsidy-eligible individuals.
    (b) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            (1) Notified part d eligible individual.--The term 
        ``notified part D eligible individual'' means a part D eligible 
        individual (as defined in section 1860D-1(a)(3)(A) of the 
        Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-101(a)(3)(A)) who is 
        notified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services after 
        May 15, 2006, but before November 15, 2006, that the individual 
        may qualify for a low-income subsidy under section 1860D-14(a) 
        of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-114(a)).
            (2) Subsidy-eligible individual.--The term ``subsidy-
        eligible individual'' means a part D eligible individual (as so 
        defined) who is determined to be a subsidy-eligible individual 
        (as defined in section 1860D-14(a)(3) of the Social Security 
        Act, 42 U.S.C. 1395w-114(a)(3)).
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