[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3152 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3152

  To amend titles XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure that low-
 income beneficiaries have improved access to prescription drugs under 
                  the Medicare and Medicaid programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 9, 2009

 Mr. Holt (for himself and Mr. Doggett) 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 amend titles XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure that low-
 income beneficiaries have improved access to prescription drugs under 
                  the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

    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 ``Helping Seniors Choose their 
Medicare Drug Plan Act''.

SEC. 2. BENEFICIARY-CENTERED ASSIGNMENT UNDER MEDICARE PART D 
              PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLANS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1860D-1(b)(1) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395w-101(b)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in the second sentence of subparagraph (C), by striking 
        ``on a random basis among all such plans'' and inserting ``, 
        subject to subparagraph (D), in the most appropriate plan for 
        such individual''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(D) Beneficiary centered assignment.--In the case 
                of any default enrollment under subparagraph (C), a 
                part D eligible individual described in such 
                subparagraph shall be enrolled in a prescription drug 
                plan based on guidelines established by the Secretary 
                that account for the individual's previous prescription 
                drug utilization.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to enrollments effected on or after November 15, 2010.
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