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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2340
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the automatic
qualification of certain Medicaid beneficiaries for premium and cost-
sharing subsidies under part D of the Medicare program, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH25, 2025
Mr. P
APPAS(for himself and Mr. TONKO) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition
to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide
for the automatic qualification of certain Medicaid bene-
ficiaries for premium and cost-sharing subsidies under
part D of the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Advancing Enrollment 4
and Reducing Drug Costs Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. AUTOMATIC QUALIFICATION OF CERTAIN MED-1
ICAID BENEFICIARIES FOR PREMIUM AND 2
COST-SHARING SUBSIDIES UNDER PART D OF 3
THE MEDICARE PROGRAM. 4
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Clause (v) of section 1860D– 5
14(a)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w– 6
114(a)(3)(B)) is amended— 7
(1) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 8
end; 9
(2) in subclause (II), by striking the period and 10
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 11
(3) by inserting after subclause (II) the fol-12
lowing new subclause: 13
‘‘(III) shall, notwithstanding the 14
preceding clauses of this subpara-15
graph, provide that any part D eligi-16
ble individual not described in sub-17
clause (I) or (II) who is enrolled, as 18
of the day before the date on which 19
such individual attains the age of 65, 20
for medical assistance under a State 21
plan under title XIX (or a waiver of 22
such plan) pursuant to clause 23
(i)(VIII) or (ii)(XX) of section 24
1902(a)(10)(A), and who has income 25
below 200 percent of the poverty line 26
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applicable to a family of the size in-1
volved, shall be treated as a subsidy 2
eligible individual described in para-3
graph (1) for a limited period of time, 4
as specified by the Secretary.’’. 5
(b) E
FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 6
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to plan years begin-7
ning on or after January 1, 2027. 8
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