[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
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[H.R. 1375 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1375


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 9, 2020

     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 provide for 
transparency of Medicare secondary payer reporting information, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``Provide Accurate Information 
Directly Act'' or ``PAID Act''.

SEC. 2. TRANSPARENCY OF MEDICARE SECONDARY PAYER REPORTING INFORMATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 1862(b)(8)(G) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 395y(b)(8)(G)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``information.--The Secretary'' and 
        inserting ``information.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Secretary''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(ii) Specified information.--In 
                        responding to any query from an applicable plan 
                        related to a determination described in 
                        subparagraph (A)(i), the Secretary, 
                        notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
                        shall provide to such applicable plan--
                                    ``(I) whether a claimant subject to 
                                the query is, or during the preceding 
                                3-year period has been, entitled to 
                                benefits under the program under this 
                                title on any basis; and
                                    ``(II) to the extent applicable, 
                                the plan name and address of any 
                                Medicare Advantage plan under part C 
                                and any prescription drug plan under 
                                part D in which the claimant is 
                                enrolled or has been enrolled during 
                                such period.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to queries from plans made on or after the date that 
is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. DEPOSIT OF SAVINGS INTO MEDICARE IMPROVEMENT FUND.

    Section 1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395iii(b)(1)) is amended by striking ``$0'' and inserting 
``$30,000,000''.

SEC. 4. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

    The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by 
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional 
Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that 
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

            Passed the House of Representatives December 8, 2020.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.