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2	2	118THCONGRESS
3	3	1
4	4	STSESSION S. 3244
5	5	To amend the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of
6	6	2008 to extend funding outreach and assistance for low-income programs.
7	7	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8	8	NOVEMBER7, 2023
9	9	Mr. W
10	10	ARNERintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
11	11	to the Committee on Finance
12	12	A BILL
13	13	To amend the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Pro-
14	14	viders Act of 2008 to extend funding outreach and assist-
15	15	ance for low-income programs.
16	16	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
17	17	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
18	18	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
19	19	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Helping Seniors Lower 4
20	20	Their Health Care Costs Act’’. 5
21	21	SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF FUNDING OUTREACH AND ASSIST-6
22	22	ANCE FOR LOW-INCOME PROGRAMS. 7
23	23	(a) S
24	24	TATEHEALTHINSURANCEPROGRAMS.—Sub-8
25	25	section (a)(1)(B) of section 119 of the Medicare Improve-9
26	26	ments for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 10
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29	29	•S 3244 IS
30	30	1395b–3 note), as amended by section 3306 of the Patient 1
31	31	Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111– 2
32	32	148), section 610 of the American Taxpayer Relief Act 3
33	33	of 2012 (Public Law 112–240), section 1110 of the Path-4
34	34	way for SGR Reform Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–67), 5
35	35	section 110 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 6
36	36	2014 (Public Law 113–93), section 208 of the Medicare 7
37	37	Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Public 8
38	38	Law 114–10), section 50207 of division E of the Bipar-9
39	39	tisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–123), section 10
40	40	1402 of division B of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 11
41	41	2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019 (Public Law 12
42	42	116–59), section 1402 of division B of the Further Con-13
43	43	tinuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health 14
44	44	Extenders Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–69), section 103 15
45	45	of division N of the Further Consolidated Appropriations 16
46	46	Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94), section 3803 of the 17
47	47	CARES Act (Public Law 116–136), section 2203 of the 18
48	48	Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Exten-19
49	49	sions Act (Public Law 116–159), section 1102 of the Fur-20
50	50	ther Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021, and Other Ex-21
51	51	tensions Act (Public Law 116–215), and section 103 of 22
52	52	division CC of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 23
53	53	(Public Law 116–260), is amended— 24
54	54	(1) in clause (xii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 25
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58	58	(2) in clause (xiii), by striking the period at the 1
59	59	end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 2
60	60	(3) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following 3
61	61	new clause: 4
62	62	‘‘(xiv) for fiscal year 2024, 5
63	63	$15,000,000.’’. 6
64	64	(b) A
65	65	REAAGENCIES ON AGING.—Subsection 7
66	66	(b)(1)(B) of such section 119, as so amended, is amend-8
67	67	ed— 9
68	68	(1) in clause (xii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 10
69	69	(2) in clause (xiii), by striking the period at the 11
70	70	end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 12
71	71	(3) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following 13
72	72	new clause: 14
73	73	‘‘(xiv) for fiscal year 2024, 15
74	74	$15,000,000.’’. 16
75	75	(c) A
76	76	GING ANDDISABILITYRESOURCECENTERS.— 17
77	77	Subsection (c)(1)(B) of such section 119, as so amended, 18
78	78	is amended— 19
79	79	(1) in clause (xii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 20
80	80	(2) in clause (xiii), by striking the comma at 21
81	81	the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 22
82	82	(3) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following 23
83	83	new clause: 24
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87	87	‘‘(xiv) for fiscal year 2024, 1
88	88	$5,000,000.’’. 2
89	89	(d) C
90	90	ONTRACTWITH THENATIONALCENTER FOR 3
91	91	B
92	92	ENEFITS AND OUTREACHENROLLMENT.—Subsection 4
93	93	(d)(2) of such section 119, as so amended, is amended— 5
94	94	(1) in clause (xii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 6
95	95	(2) in clause (xiii), by striking the period at the 7
96	96	end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 8
97	97	(3) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following 9
98	98	new clause: 10
99	99	‘‘(xiv) for fiscal year 2024, 11
100	100	$15,000,000.’’. 12
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