[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1384 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1384

  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide a senior 
   housing facility plan option under the Medicare Advantage program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 25, 2009

  Mr. Cardin (for himself and Ms. Mikulski) 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 provide a senior 
   housing facility plan option under the Medicare Advantage 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 Senior Housing Plan Act of 
2009''.

SEC. 2. SENIOR HOUSING FACILITY PLAN OPTION.

    (a) In General.--Section 1859 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395w-28) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Special Rules for Senior Housing Facility Plans.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of a Medicare Advantage 
        senior housing facility plan described in paragraph (2), 
        notwithstanding any other provision of this part to the 
        contrary and in accordance with regulations of the Secretary, 
        the service area of such plan may be limited to a senior 
        housing facility in a geographic area.
            ``(2) Medicare advantage senior housing facility plan 
        described.--For purposes of this subsection, a Medicare 
        Advantage senior housing facility plan is a Medicare Advantage 
        plan that--
                    ``(A) restricts enrollment of individuals under 
                this part to individuals who--
                            ``(i) reside in a continuing care 
                        retirement community (as defined in section 
                        1852(l)(4)(B)); or
                            ``(ii) reside in a housing facility 
                        assisted under section 202 of the Housing Act 
                        of 1959 or supported under the low-income 
                        housing tax credit program (as provided under 
                        section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
                        1986) and qualify for assistance under section 
                        8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937;
                    ``(B) provides primary care services onsite and has 
                a ratio of accessible providers to beneficiaries that 
                the Secretary determines is adequate, taking into 
                consideration the number of residents onsite, the 
                health needs of those residents, and the accessibility 
                of providers offsite;
                    ``(C) provides transportation services for 
                beneficiaries to providers outside of the facility;
                    ``(D) makes meaningful use of health information 
                technology (as defined in section 3000(5) of the Public 
                Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300jj(5)); and
                    ``(E) is offered by a Medicare Advantage 
                organization that has offered at least 1 plan described 
                in this paragraph for at least 1 year under a 
                demonstration project established by the Secretary.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take 
effect on January 1, 2010.
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