[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
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[H.R. 2507 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2507


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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 establish an annual 
    rulemaking schedule for payment rates under Medicare Advantage.

    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 ``Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act 
of 2015''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHING AN ANNUAL RULEMAKING SCHEDULE FOR PAYMENT RATES 
              UNDER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE.

    Section 1853(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-23(b)) 
is amended--
            (1) in the subsection heading, by inserting ``, Annual 
        Rulemaking Schedule for Payment Rates for 2017 and Subsequent 
        Years'' after ``Rates'';
            (2) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) in the subparagraph heading, by 
                        inserting ``before 2017'' after ``years''; and
                            (ii) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
                        inserting ``and before 2017'' after ``2005''; 
                        and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
                    ``(C) Annual rulemaking schedule for payment rates 
                for 2017 and subsequent years.--For 2017 and each 
                subsequent year, before April 1 of the preceding year, 
                the Secretary shall, by regulation and in accordance 
                with the notice and public comment periods required 
                under paragraph (2) for such a year, annually determine 
                and announce the following:
                            ``(i) The annual MA capitation rate for 
                        each MA payment area for such year.
                            ``(ii) The risk and other factors to be 
                        used in adjusting such rates under subsection 
                        (a)(1)(A) for payments for months in such year.
                            ``(iii) With respect to each MA region and 
                        each MA regional plan for which a bid was 
                        submitted under section 1854, the MA region-
                        specific non-drug monthly benchmark amount for 
                        that region for the year involved.
                            ``(iv) The major policy changes to the risk 
                        adjustment model, and the 5-star rating system 
                        established under subsection (o), that are 
                        determined to have an economic impact.''; and
            (3) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(or, for 2017 and each 
                subsequent year, at least 60 days)'' after ``45 days''; 
                and
                    (B) by inserting ``(for 2017 and each subsequent 
                year, of no less than 30 days)'' after ``opportunity''.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 17, 2015.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.