II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1989 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for transparency of Medicare secondary payer reporting information, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 26, 2019 Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself and Mr. CARDIN) 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 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 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Provide Accurate In- 4 formation Directly Act’’ or ‘‘PAID Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. TRANSPARENCY OF MEDICARE SECONDARY PAYER 6 REPORTING INFORMATION. 7 Section 1862(b)(8)(G) of the Social Security Act (42 8 U.S.C. 395y(b)(8)(G)) is amended— 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:41 Jul 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1989.IS S1989 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 1989 IS (1) by striking ‘‘INFORMATION.—The Sec- 1 retary’’ and inserting ‘‘INFORMATION.— 2 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 3 and 4 (2) by adding at the end the following new 5 clause: 6 ‘‘(ii) SPECIFIED INFORMATION.—In 7 responding to any query related to sub- 8 paragraph (A)(i), the Secretary, notwith- 9 standing any other provision of law, 10 shall— 11 ‘‘(I) identify to the applicable 12 plan whether a claimant subject to the 13 query is, or during the preceding 3- 14 year period has been, entitled to bene- 15 fits under the program under this title 16 on any basis; and 17 ‘‘(II) to the extent applicable, 18 identify by plan name and address 19 any Medicare Advantage plan under 20 part C and any prescription drug plan 21 under part D in which the claimant is 22 enrolled or has been enrolled during 23 such period.’’. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:41 Jul 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1989.IS S1989 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •S 1989 IS SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 1 The amendments made by section 2 shall apply with 2 respect to queries submitted on or after the date that is 3 one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:41 Jul 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1989.IS S1989 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS