[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4211 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4211

  To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct 
studies on enrollment by racial and ethnic minorities and by low-income 
               seniors in the Medicare Advantage program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 12, 2014

Mrs. Walorski 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 require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct 
studies on enrollment by racial and ethnic minorities and by low-income 
               seniors in 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 ``Advantage of Medicare Advantage for 
Minorities and Low-Income Seniors Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. GAO STUDIES AND REPORTS ON ENROLLMENT BY RACIAL AND ETHNIC 
              MINORITIES AND BY LOW-INCOME SENIORS IN MEDICARE 
              ADVANTAGE PROGRAM.

    (a) Studies.--
            (1) In general.--The Comptroller General of the United 
        States shall conduct, with respect to each Medicare Advantage 
        population group (as defined in paragraph (2)), a study on--
                    (A) the number of individuals in each State who are 
                members of such Medicare Advantage population group and 
                who are enrolled for plan year 2014, and the number of 
                such individuals in each State who were enrolled for 
                prior plan years (as determined through a survey of 
                historical data regarding such enrollment), in Medicare 
                Advantage plans under the Medicare Advantage program 
                under part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act; 
                and
                    (B) the projected impact of payment reductions to 
                such Medicare Advantage program, including such 
                reductions resulting from the provisions of and 
                amendments made by the Patient Protection and 
                Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148) and from 
                administrative actions, on the number of individuals 
                who are members of such Medicare Advantage population 
                group in each State who are projected to be enrolled 
                for each plan year beginning with plan year 2015 in 
                Medicare Advantage plans under such Medicare Advantage 
                program.
            (2) Definition of medicare advantage population group.--In 
        this section, the term ``Medicare Advantage population group'' 
        means each of the following population groups:
                    (A) The group of individuals who are members of one 
                or more racial or ethnic minority populations.
                    (B) The group of individuals who are low-income 
                seniors.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit a report to Congress on the results of the studies 
conducted under subsection (a).
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