119-hr3665

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3665 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3665

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the penalty 
for late enrollment under part B of the Medicare Program to 15 percent 
and twice the period of no enrollment, and to exclude periods of COBRA, 
 retiree, and VA coverage from such late enrollment penalty.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 May 29, 2025

 Ms. Williams of Georgia (for herself and Mrs. Kim) introduced 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

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 A BILL

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the penalty 
for late enrollment under part B of the Medicare Program to 15 percent 
and twice the period of no enrollment, and to exclude periods of COBRA, 
 retiree, and VA coverage from such late enrollment penalty.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Economic Security Solutions 
Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITING MEDICARE PART B LATE ENROLLMENT PENALTY TO 15 PERCENT 
 AND TWICE THE PERIOD OF NO ENROLLMENT.

    (a) In General.--The first sentence of 

section 1839

    (b) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395r

    (b) ) is amended by striking ``10 
percent of the monthly premium so determined for each full 12 months'' 
and inserting ``15 percent of the monthly premium so determined for 
premiums paid during a period equal to twice the number of months in 
each of the full periods of 12 months''.

    (b) Conforming Amendments.--

Section 1818 of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395i-2) is amended--

    (1) in subsection
            (c) (6) , by striking ``and shall only 
 apply to premiums paid during a period equal to twice the 
 number of months in the full 12-month periods described in that 
 section and''; and

    (2) in subsection

    (g)

    (2)
        (B) , by striking ``by 
 substituting'' and all that follows and inserting the 
 following: ``by substituting `

section 1818 (without any 
 increase resulting from the application of 

section 1839

    (b) to 
 such 

section 1818)' for `

section 1839 (without any increase 
 under subsection

    (b) thereof)'.''.
            (c) Effective Date.--

    (1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall 
 apply to premiums paid for months beginning after the end of 
 the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of 
 this Act.

    (2) Clarification.--In applying these amendments, months 
 (before, during, or after the month in which this Act is 
 enacted) in which an individual was or is required to pay an 
 increased premium shall be taken into account in determining 
 the month in which the premium will no longer be subject to an 
 increase.

SEC. 3. EXCLUSION OF PERIODS OF COBRA, RETIREE, AND VA COVERAGE FROM 
 MEDICARE PART B LATE ENROLLMENT PENALTY.

    (a) In General.--The second sentence of 

section 1839

    (b) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395r

    (b) ) is amended--

    (1) by striking ``by reason of the individual's (or the 
 individual's spouse's) current employment''; and

    (2) by inserting ``or months for which the individual can 
 demonstrate that the individual had coverage under chapter 17 
 of title 38, United States Code'' before the period at the end.

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection

    (a) shall 
apply to premiums paid for months beginning after the end of the 90-day 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. SPECIAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD FOR INDIVIDUALS WHOSE COBRA OR 
 RETIREE COVERAGE TERMINATES.

    (a) In General.--

Section 1837
            (i) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395p
            (i) ) is amended--

    (1) in the first sentence of paragraph

    (1) , by striking 
 ``by reason of the individual's (or the individual's spouse's) 
 current employment status'' in subparagraph
        (A) ;

    (2) in the first sentence of paragraph

    (2) by striking ``by 
 reason of the individual's (or the individual's spouse's) 
 current employment status'' each place it appears in 
 subparagraphs
        (B) and
            (C) ; and

    (3) in paragraph

    (3)
        (A) by striking ``by reason of current 
 employment status''.

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection

    (a) shall 
apply to terminations of coverage occurring after the end of the 90-day 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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