[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3831 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3831

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the annual 
       comment period for payment rates under Medicare Advantage.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 26, 2015

Mr. Brady of Texas (for himself, Mr. Murphy of Florida, Mr. Pitts, Mr. 
  Thompson of California, and Mr. Cardenas) 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 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, for 2017 and each subsequent year, 
        at least 60 days)'' after ``45 days''; and
            (2) by inserting ``(for 2017 and each subsequent year, of 
        no less than 30 days)'' after ``opportunity''.
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