[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3244 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 3244
To amend the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of
2008 to extend funding outreach and assistance for low-income programs.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 7, 2023
Mr. Warner introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Finance
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A BILL
To amend the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of
2008 to extend funding outreach and assistance for low-income programs.
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 ``Helping Seniors Lower Their Health
Care Costs Act''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF FUNDING OUTREACH AND ASSISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME
PROGRAMS.
(a) State Health Insurance Programs.--Subsection (a)(1)(B) of
section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act
of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 1395b-3 note), as amended by section 3306 of the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148),
section 610 of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (Public Law
112-240), section 1110 of the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013
(Public Law 113-67), section 110 of the Protecting Access to Medicare
Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-93), section 208 of the Medicare Access and
CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-10), section 50207 of
division E of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-123),
section 1402 of division B of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020,
and Health Extenders Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-59), section 1402 of
division B of the Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and
Further Health Extenders Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-69), section 103
of division N of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020
(Public Law 116-94), section 3803 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-
136), section 2203 of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other
Extensions Act (Public Law 116-159), section 1102 of the Further
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021, and Other Extensions Act (Public
Law 116-215), and section 103 of division CC of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260), is amended--
(1) in clause (xii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in clause (xiii), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following new
clause:
``(xiv) for fiscal year 2024,
$15,000,000.''.
(b) Area Agencies on Aging.--Subsection (b)(1)(B) of such section
119, as so amended, is amended--
(1) in clause (xii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in clause (xiii), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following new
clause:
``(xiv) for fiscal year 2024,
$15,000,000.''.
(c) Aging and Disability Resource Centers.--Subsection (c)(1)(B) of
such section 119, as so amended, is amended--
(1) in clause (xii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in clause (xiii), by striking the comma at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following new
clause:
``(xiv) for fiscal year 2024,
$5,000,000.''.
(d) Contract With the National Center for Benefits and Outreach
Enrollment.--Subsection (d)(2) of such section 119, as so amended, is
amended--
(1) in clause (xii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in clause (xiii), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following new
clause:
``(xiv) for fiscal year 2024,
$15,000,000.''.
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