To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide a special enrollment period and to eliminate premium increases in the medicare part B insurance program for individuals who enter the United States after residing outside the United States for an extended period of time.
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jan 3, 1989)
Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish a special 60-day part B enrollment period for individuals who enter the United States after having resided continuously outside the country for the preceding 12 months.
Eliminates part B premium increases for months during which an individual resides outside the United States if such months are part of a continuous 12-month period during which such individual was outside the country at least 330 days.
What just happenedFeb 6, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Who’s behind it
- Feb 6, 1989CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Jan 12, 1989CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Jan 3, 1989IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Jan 3, 1989IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Ways and Means Committee - Jan 3, 1989IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jan 3, 1989IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House