[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1179 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1179

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure that benefits 
   under part D of such title have no impact on benefits under other 
                           Federal programs.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 7, 2005

  Mr. Kennedy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure that benefits 
   under part D of such title have no impact on benefits under other 
                           Federal programs.

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

SECTION 1. BENEFITS UNDER THE MEDICARE DRUG PROGRAM HAVE NO IMPACT 
              UNDER OTHER FEDERAL PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1860D-42 of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395w-152) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(c) Benefits Have No Impact on Benefits Under Other Federal 
Programs.--Benefits under this part, including the availability of 
negotiated prices under this part and premium and cost-sharing 
subsidies under section 1860D-14, shall not be treated as benefits or 
otherwise taken into account in determining an individual's eligibility 
for, or the amount of benefits under, any other Federal program.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of section 101(a) of the 
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 
(Public Law 108-173; 117 Stat. 2071).
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