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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 3244
To amend the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of
2008 to extend funding outreach and assistance for low-income programs.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
NOVEMBER7, 2023
Mr. W
ARNERintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Finance
A BILL
To amend the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Pro-
viders Act of 2008 to extend funding outreach and assist-
ance for low-income programs.
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 ‘‘Helping Seniors Lower 4
Their Health Care Costs Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF FUNDING OUTREACH AND ASSIST-6
ANCE FOR LOW-INCOME PROGRAMS. 7
(a) S
TATEHEALTHINSURANCEPROGRAMS.—Sub-8
section (a)(1)(B) of section 119 of the Medicare Improve-9
ments for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 10
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1395b–3 note), as amended by section 3306 of the Patient 1
Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111– 2
148), section 610 of the American Taxpayer Relief Act 3
of 2012 (Public Law 112–240), section 1110 of the Path-4
way for SGR Reform Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–67), 5
section 110 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 6
2014 (Public Law 113–93), section 208 of the Medicare 7
Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Public 8
Law 114–10), section 50207 of division E of the Bipar-9
tisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–123), section 10
1402 of division B of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 11
2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019 (Public Law 12
116–59), section 1402 of division B of the Further Con-13
tinuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health 14
Extenders Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–69), section 103 15
of division N of the Further Consolidated Appropriations 16
Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94), section 3803 of the 17
CARES Act (Public Law 116–136), section 2203 of the 18
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Exten-19
sions Act (Public Law 116–159), section 1102 of the Fur-20
ther Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021, and Other Ex-21
tensions Act (Public Law 116–215), and section 103 of 22
division CC of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 23
(Public Law 116–260), is amended— 24
(1) in clause (xii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 25
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(2) in clause (xiii), by striking the period at the 1
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 2
(3) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following 3
new clause: 4
‘‘(xiv) for fiscal year 2024, 5
$15,000,000.’’. 6
(b) A
REAAGENCIES ON AGING.—Subsection 7
(b)(1)(B) of such section 119, as so amended, is amend-8
ed— 9
(1) in clause (xii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 10
(2) in clause (xiii), by striking the period at the 11
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 12
(3) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following 13
new clause: 14
‘‘(xiv) for fiscal year 2024, 15
$15,000,000.’’. 16
(c) A
GING ANDDISABILITYRESOURCECENTERS.— 17
Subsection (c)(1)(B) of such section 119, as so amended, 18
is amended— 19
(1) in clause (xii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 20
(2) in clause (xiii), by striking the comma at 21
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 22
(3) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following 23
new clause: 24
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‘‘(xiv) for fiscal year 2024, 1
$5,000,000.’’. 2
(d) C
ONTRACTWITH THENATIONALCENTER FOR 3
B
ENEFITS AND OUTREACHENROLLMENT.—Subsection 4
(d)(2) of such section 119, as so amended, is amended— 5
(1) in clause (xii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 6
(2) in clause (xiii), by striking the period at the 7
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 8
(3) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following 9
new clause: 10
‘‘(xiv) for fiscal year 2024, 11
$15,000,000.’’. 12
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