Fair Choices for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3421 To provide for a 3-year extension of funding outreach and assistance for low-income programs. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 21, 2019 Mr. GOMEZ (for himself, Mrs. DINGELL, and Mr. BUCHANAN) 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 consider- ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To provide for a 3-year extension of funding outreach and assistance for low-income programs. 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 ‘‘Fair Choices for Medi- 4 care Beneficiaries Act of 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:14 Jun 27, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3421.IH H3421 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 3421 IH SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF FUNDING OUTREACH AND ASSIST- 1 ANCE FOR LOW-INCOME PROGRAMS. 2 (a) ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR STATE HEALTH IN- 3 SURANCE PROGRAMS.—Subsection (a)(1)(B) of section 4 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Pro- 5 viders Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 1395b–3 note), as amended 6 by section 3306 of the Patient Protection and Affordable 7 Care Act (Public Law 111–148), section 610 of the Amer- 8 ican Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–240), 9 section 1110 of the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 10 (Public Law 113–67), section 110 of the Protecting Ac- 11 cess to Medicare Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–93), sec- 12 tion 208 of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthoriza- 13 tion Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–10), and section 50207 14 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– 15 123), is amended— 16 (1) in clause (vii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 17 (2) in clause (viii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 18 end; 19 (3) in clause (ix), by striking the period at the 20 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 21 (4) by inserting after clause (ix) the following 22 new clause: 23 ‘‘(x) for each of fiscal years 2020 24 through 2022, of $15,000,000.’’. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:14 Jun 27, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3421.IH H3421 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 3421 IH (b) ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR AREA AGENCIES ON 1 AGING.—Subsection (b)(1)(B) of such section 119, as so 2 amended, is amended— 3 (1) in clause (vii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 4 (2) in clause (viii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 5 end; 6 (3) in clause (ix), by striking the period at the 7 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 8 (4) by inserting after clause (ix) the following 9 new clause: 10 ‘‘(x) for each of fiscal years 2020 11 through 2022, of $15,000,000.’’. 12 (c) ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR AGING AND DIS- 13 ABILITY RESOURCE CENTERS.—Subsection (c)(1)(B) of 14 such section 119, as so amended, is amended— 15 (1) in clause (vii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 16 (2) in clause (viii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 17 end; 18 (3) in clause (ix), by striking the period at the 19 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 20 (4) by inserting after clause (ix) the following 21 new clause: 22 ‘‘(x) for each of fiscal years 2020 23 through 2022, of $5,000,000.’’. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:14 Jun 27, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3421.IH H3421 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •HR 3421 IH (d) ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR CONTRACT WITH 1 THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR BENEFITS AND OUTREACH 2 ENROLLMENT.—Subsection (d)(2) of such section 119, as 3 so amended, is amended— 4 (1) in clause (vii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 5 (2) in clause (viii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 6 end; 7 (3) in clause (ix), by striking the period at the 8 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 9 (4) by inserting after clause (ix) the following 10 new clause: 11 ‘‘(x) for each of fiscal years 2020 12 through 2022, of $15,000,000.’’. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:14 Jun 27, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3421.IH H3421 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS