[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3799 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3799

 To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to evaluate how 
the frequency of summary notices provided to patients can be increased, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 12, 2024

   Mr. Rubio introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to evaluate how 
the frequency of summary notices provided to patients can be increased, 
                        and for other purposes.

    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 Organization Report 
Enhancing (MORE) Summaries Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASING THE FREQUENCY OF SUMMARY NOTICES PROVIDED TO 
              MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES.

    Section 1115A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315a) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by adding at the end the 
        following new sentence: ``The models selected under this 
        subparagraph shall include the testing of the model described 
        in subsection (h).''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(h) Increasing the Frequency of and Performing Usability Testing 
on Summary Notices.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
        enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall establish and 
        implement a model under which--
                    ``(A) the frequency of the explanation of Medicare 
                benefits under section 1806(a) that is provided to 
                individuals for whom payment is made under title XVIII 
                is increased, either by mail or virtually; and
                    ``(B) the Secretary annually performs usability 
                testing to ensure that individuals for whom payment is 
                made under title XVIII understand how to identify fraud 
                based on the information provided in the explanation of 
                Medicare benefits provided to such individuals under 
                section 1806(a).
            ``(2) Report to congress.--In addition to the report 
        required by subsection (g), not later than 1 year after the 
        date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall 
        submit a report to Congress on the progress of the model in 
        paragraph (1) and how such model will increase the frequency of 
        the explanation of benefits in a timely manner.''.
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