Medicare Advantage Quality Payment Relief Act of 2019

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1114 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate a provision under the Medicare Advantage program that inadvertently penalizes Medicare Advantage plans for providing high quality care to Medicare beneficiaries. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES APRIL 10, 2019 Mr. DAINES (for himself and Mr. KING) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate a provision under the Medicare Advantage program that inadvertently penalizes Medicare Advantage plans for providing high quality care to Medicare beneficiaries. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Medicare Advantage 4 Quality Payment Relief Act of 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Apr 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1114.IS S1114 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 1114 IS SEC. 2. RELIEF FROM QUALITY BONUS PENALTY IN CAL- 1 CULATION OF THE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 2 BLENDED BENCHMARK CAP. 3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1853(n)(4) of the Social 4 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–23(n)(4)) is amended by 5 striking ‘‘determined taking into account’’ and inserting 6 ‘‘determined without regard to’’. 7 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 8 subsection (a) shall apply to plan years beginning on or 9 after January 1, 2020. 10 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Apr 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1114.IS S1114 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS