[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2505 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2505


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 18, 2015

     Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the annual 
      reporting of data on enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans.

    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 Advantage Coverage 
Transparency Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR ENROLLMENT DATA REPORTING FOR MEDICARE.

    Section 1874 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395kk) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Requirement for Enrollment Data Reporting.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than May 1 of each year 
        (beginning with 2016), the Secretary shall submit to the 
        Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce of the 
        House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the 
        Senate a report on enrollment data (and, in the case of part A, 
        on data on individuals receiving benefits under such part) for 
        the plan year or, in the case of part A and part B, for the 
        fiscal year or year (as applicable) ending before January 1 of 
        such plan year, fiscal year, or year. Such enrollment data 
        shall be presented--
                    ``(A) by zip code, congressional district, and 
                State;
                    ``(B) in a manner that provides for such data based 
                on enrollment (including receipt of benefits other than 
                through enrollment) under part A, enrollment under part 
                B, enrollment under an MA plan under part C, and 
                enrollment under part D; and
                    ``(C) in the case of enrollment data described in 
                subparagraph (B) relating to MA plans, presented in a 
                manner that provides for such data for each MA-PD plan 
                and for each MA plan that is not an MA-PD plan.
            ``(2) Delay of deadline.--If the Secretary is unable to 
        submit a report under paragraph (1) by May 1 of a year for data 
        of the plan year, fiscal year, or year (as applicable) ending 
        before January 1 of such year, the Secretary shall, not later 
        than April 30 of such year, notify the committees described in 
        such paragraph of--
                    ``(A) such inability, including an explanation for 
                such inability; and
                    ``(B) the date by which the Secretary will provide 
                such report, which shall be not later than June 1 of 
                such year.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 17, 2015.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.