[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
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[H.R. 3831 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.3831

                     One Hundred Fourteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
           the sixth day of January, two thousand and fifteen


                                 An Act


 
  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the annual 
       comment period 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 ``Securing Fairness in Regulatory 
Timing Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. EXTENDING THE ANNUAL COMMENT PERIOD FOR PAYMENT RATES UNDER 
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE.
    Section 1853(b)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-
23(b)(2)) is amended--
        (1) by inserting ``(or, in 2017 and each subsequent year, at 
    least 60 days)'' after ``45 days''; and
        (2) by inserting ``(in 2017 and each subsequent year, of no 
    less than 30 days)'' after ``opportunity''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.