Better Transparency in Information for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4632 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to disseminate to part D subsidy eligible individuals information comparing the premiums under LIS benchmark plans for such individuals. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OCTOBER 11, 2019 Mr. KIND (for himself, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, and Mr. BUTTERFIELD) intro- duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to dissemi- nate to part D subsidy eligible individuals information comparing the premiums under LIS benchmark plans for such individuals. 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 ‘‘Better Transparency 4 in Information for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:06 Oct 12, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4632.IH H4632 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 4632 IH SEC. 2. DISSEMINATION TO MEDICARE PART D SUBSIDY EL- 1 IGIBLE INDIVIDUALS OF INFORMATION COM- 2 PARING PREMIUMS OF CERTAIN PRESCRIP- 3 TION DRUG PLANS. 4 Section 1860D–1(c)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 5 U.S.C. 1395w–101(c)(3)) is amended by adding at the end 6 the following new subparagraph: 7 ‘‘(C) INFORMATION ON PREMIUMS FOR 8 SUBSIDY ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.— 9 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For plan year 10 2022 and each subsequent plan year, the 11 Secretary shall disseminate to each subsidy 12 eligible individual (as defined in section 13 1860D–14(a)(3)) information under this 14 paragraph comparing premiums that would 15 apply to such individual for prescription 16 drug coverage under LIS benchmark plans, 17 including, in the case of an individual en- 18 rolled in a prescription drug plan under 19 this part, information that compares the 20 premium that would apply if such indi- 21 vidual were to remain enrolled in such plan 22 to premiums that would apply if the indi- 23 vidual were to enroll in other LIS bench- 24 mark plans. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:06 Oct 12, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4632.IH H4632 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 4632 IH ‘‘(ii) LIS BENCHMARK PLAN.—For 1 purposes of clause (i), the term ‘LIS 2 benchmark plan’ means, with respect to an 3 individual, a prescription drug plan under 4 this part that is offered in the region in 5 which the individual resides and— 6 ‘‘(I) that provides for a premium 7 that is not more than the low-income 8 benchmark premium amount (as de- 9 fined in section 1860D–14(b)(2)) for 10 such region; or 11 ‘‘(II) with respect to which the 12 premium would be waived as de mini- 13 mis pursuant to section 1860D– 14 14(a)(5) for such individual.’’. 15 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:06 Oct 12, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H4632.IH H4632 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS