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[H.R. 6662 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 726
115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6662

                      [Report No. 115-935, Part I]

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the special 
election period under part C of the Medicare program for certain deemed 
  individuals enrolled in a reasonable cost reimbursement contract to 
        certain nondeemed individuals enrolled in such contract.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 10, 2018

 Mr. Paulsen (for himself and Mr. Kind) 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

                           September 10, 2018

    Reported from the Committee on Ways and Means with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

                           September 10, 2018

Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the Committee 
 of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on August 
                               10, 2018]


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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the special 
election period under part C of the Medicare program for certain deemed 
  individuals enrolled in a reasonable cost reimbursement contract to 
        certain nondeemed individuals enrolled in such contract.


 


    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 ``Empowering Seniors' Enrollment 
Decision Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. EXTENDING THE SPECIAL ELECTION PERIOD UNDER PART C OF THE 
              MEDICARE PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN DEEMED INDIVIDUALS ENROLLED 
              IN A REASONABLE COST REIMBURSEMENT CONTRACT TO CERTAIN 
              NONDEEMED INDIVIDUALS ENROLLED IN SUCH CONTRACT.

    Section 1851(e)(2)(F) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-
21(e)(2)(F)) is amended--
            (1) in the header, by striking ``deemed elections'' and 
        inserting ``individuals enrolled in a reasonable cost 
        reimbursement contract''; and
            (2) by amending clause (i) to read as follows:
                            ``(i) In general.--
                                    ``(I) Election period.--At any time 
                                during the period beginning after the 
                                last day of the annual, coordinated 
                                election period under paragraph (3) 
                                occurring during an applicable plan 
                                year and ending on the last day of 
                                February of the first plan year 
                                following such applicable plan year, an 
                                individual who is an eligible 
                                individual (as defined in subclause 
                                (II)) with respect to such applicable 
                                plan year may change the election under 
                                subsection (a)(1) (including changing 
                                the MA plan or MA-PD plan in which the 
                                individual is enrolled) for such first 
                                plan year.
                                    ``(II) Eligible individual.--In 
                                this clause, the term `eligible 
                                individual' means, with respect to a 
                                plan year, an individual enrolled in a 
                                reasonable cost reimbursement contract 
                                under section 1876(h) that was extended 
                                or renewed for the last reasonable cost 
                                reimbursement contract year of the 
                                contract (as described in subclause (I) 
                                of section 1876(h)(5)(C)(iv)) pursuant 
                                to such section.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 726

115th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 6662

                      [Report No. 115-935, Part I]

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                                 A BILL

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the special 
election period under part C of the Medicare program for certain deemed 
  individuals enrolled in a reasonable cost reimbursement contract to 
        certain nondeemed individuals enrolled in such contract.

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                           September 10, 2018

    Reported from the Committee on Ways and Means with an amendment

                           September 10, 2018

Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the Committee 
 of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed