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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. 

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 

A BILL 

To amend the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 to extend funding outreach and assistance for low-income programs. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Helping Seniors Lower 

5 Their Health Care Costs Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF FUNDING OUTREACH AND ASSIST7 ANCE FOR LOW-INCOME PROGRAMS. 

8 (a) STATE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAMS.—Sub9 section (a)(1)(B) of section 119 of the Medicare Improve10 ments for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 


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1 1395b–3 note), as amended by section 3306 of the Patient 

2 Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111– 

3 148), section 610 of the American Taxpayer Relief Act 

4 of 2012 (Public Law 112–240), section 1110 of the Path5 way for SGR Reform Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–67), 

6 section 110 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 

7 2014 (Public Law 113–93), section 208 of the Medicare 

8 Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Public 

9 Law 114–10), section 50207 of division E of the Bipar10 tisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–123), section 

11 1402 of division B of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 

12 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019 (Public Law 

13 116–59), section 1402 of division B of the Further Con14 tinuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health 

15 Extenders Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–69), section 103 

16 of division N of the Further Consolidated Appropriations 

17 Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94), section 3803 of the 

18 CARES Act (Public Law 116–136), section 2203 of the 

19 Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Exten20 sions Act (Public Law 116–159), section 1102 of the Fur21 ther Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021, and Other Ex22 tensions Act (Public Law 116–215), and section 103 of 

23 division CC of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 

24 (Public Law 116–260), is amended— 

25 (1) in clause (xii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 


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1 (2) in clause (xiii), by striking the period at the 

2 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

3 (3) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following 

4 new clause: 

5 ‘‘(xiv) for fiscal year 2024, 

6 $15,000,000.’’. 

7 (b) AREA AGENCIES ON AGING.—Subsection 

8 (b)(1)(B) of such section 119, as so amended, is amend9 ed— 

10 (1) in clause (xii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

11 (2) in clause (xiii), by striking the period at the 

12 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

13 (3) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following 

14 new clause: 

15 ‘‘(xiv) for fiscal year 2024, 

16 $15,000,000.’’. 

17 (c) AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTERS.— 

18 Subsection (c)(1)(B) of such section 119, as so amended, 

19 is amended— 

20 (1) in clause (xii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

21 (2) in clause (xiii), by striking the comma at 

22 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

23 (3) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following 

24 new clause: 


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1 ‘‘(xiv) for fiscal year 2024, 

2 $5,000,000.’’. 

3 (d) CONTRACT WITH THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR

4 BENEFITS AND OUTREACH ENROLLMENT.—Subsection 

5 (d)(2) of such section 119, as so amended, is amended— 

6 (1) in clause (xii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

7 (2) in clause (xiii), by striking the period at the 

8 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

9 (3) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following 

10 new clause: 

11 ‘‘(xiv) for fiscal year 2024, 

12 $15,000,000.’’. 

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