[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4201 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4201

  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require Medicare 
Advantage organizations to disclose certain information on the changes 
 made to the MA plan offered by such organization pursuant to changes 
  required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the 
  Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 2014

  Mr. Denham introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy 
    and Commerce, 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 title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require Medicare 
Advantage organizations to disclose certain information on the changes 
 made to the MA plan offered by such organization pursuant to changes 
  required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the 
  Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Seniors' Rights to Know Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN CHANGES TO MA PLANS PURSUANT TO 
              REQUIREMENTS OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.

    Section 1851 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-21) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (d)(4), by adding at the end the 
        following new subparagraph:
                    ``(F) Changes pursuant to the affordable care 
                act.--For plan year 2015 and each subsequent plan year, 
                a description of the changes made by the Medicare 
                Advantage organization, with respect to the MA plan 
                offered by such organization, for such plan year 
                pursuant to the provisions of, and amendments made by, 
                the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the 
                Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, 
                which may include an assessment of the affect of such 
                provisions and amendments on Medicare Advantage 
                eligible individuals who enroll under such plan.''; and
            (2) in subsection (h)(2), by adding at the end the 
        following new sentence: ``Notwithstanding the previous 
        sentence, the Secretary may not disapprove information 
        described in subsection (d)(4)(F) included in such material or 
        form for purposes of satisfying the requirements of subsection 
        (d) unless such information is factually inaccurate for the 
        plan year for which the information is provided or any 
        preceding plan year beginning after March 23, 2010.''.
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