[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
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[H.R. 3631 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3631


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 25, 2009

     Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To amend title XVIII to provide for the application of a consistent 
  Medicare part B premium for all Medicare beneficiaries in a budget 
                        neutral manner for 2010.

    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 Premium Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. MEDICARE PART B PREMIUM FOR 2010.

    (a) Premium Computation.--Section 1839 of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395r) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following 
        new paragraph:
    ``(5) The monthly premium under this subsection for 2010 shall be 
the monthly premium under this subsection for 2009.''; and
            (2) in subsection (i)(3)(A), by adding after and below 
        clause (ii) the following:
                ``In applying clause (ii) for 2010, the monthly 
                actuarial rate described in such clause shall be such 
                monthly actuarial rate for 2009.''.
    (b) Offset From Medicare Improvement Fund.--Section 1898(b) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395iii(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking the semicolon 
                at the end and inserting the following: ``, reduced by 
                the sum of--
                            ``(i) the amount transferred under 
                        paragraph (5); and
                            ``(ii) $567,000,000;'';
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
                subparagraph (C); and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the 
                following new subparagraph:
                    ``(B) fiscal year 2015, the amount specified in 
                subparagraph (A)(ii); and''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) Transfer and offset.--There are hereby transferred 
        from amounts in the general fund of the Treasury to the Federal 
        Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund an amount 
        equivalent, as estimated by the Chief Actuary of the Centers 
        for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to the aggregate reduction in 
        premiums payable under part B that result from the application 
        of paragraph (5) of section 1839(a) and the last sentence of 
        section 1839(i)(3)(A).''.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 24, 2009.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.