PAID Act

IIB 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 1375 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES DECEMBER 9, 2020 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:36 Dec 10, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1375.RFS H1375 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 HR 1375 RFS SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Provide Accurate In- 2 formation Directly Act’’ or ‘‘PAID Act’’. 3 SEC. 2. TRANSPARENCY OF MEDICARE SECONDARY PAYER 4 REPORTING INFORMATION. 5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1862(b)(8)(G) of the So- 6 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 395y(b)(8)(G)) is amended— 7 (1) by striking ‘‘INFORMATION.—The Sec- 8 retary’’ and inserting ‘‘INFORMATION.— 9 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 10 and 11 (2) by adding at the end the following new 12 clause: 13 ‘‘(ii) SPECIFIED INFORMATION.—In 14 responding to any query from an applica- 15 ble plan related to a determination de- 16 scribed in subparagraph (A)(i), the Sec- 17 retary, notwithstanding any other provision 18 of law, shall provide to such applicable 19 plan— 20 ‘‘(I) whether a claimant subject 21 to the query is, or during the pre- 22 ceding 3-year period has been, entitled 23 to benefits under the program under 24 this title on any basis; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:36 Dec 10, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1375.RFS H1375 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 HR 1375 RFS ‘‘(II) to the extent applicable, the 1 plan name and address of any Medi- 2 care Advantage plan under part C 3 and any prescription drug plan under 4 part D in which the claimant is en- 5 rolled or has been enrolled during 6 such period.’’. 7 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 8 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to queries from 9 plans made on or after the date that is one year after 10 the date of the enactment of this Act. 11 SEC. 3. DEPOSIT OF SAVINGS INTO MEDICARE IMPROVE- 12 MENT FUND. 13 Section 1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 14 U.S.C. 1395iii(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘$0’’ and in- 15 serting ‘‘$30,000,000’’. 16 SEC. 4. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 17 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 18 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 19 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 20 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 21 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 22 by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro- 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:36 Dec 10, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1375.RFS H1375 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 4 HR 1375 RFS vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 1 vote on passage. 2 Passed the House of Representatives December 8, 2020. Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, Clerk. VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:36 Dec 10, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1375.RFS H1375 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS