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Union Calendar No. 115 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2507 

[Report No. 114–159, Part I] 

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish an annual 

rulemaking schedule for payment rates under Medicare Advantage. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 21, 2015 

Mr. BRADY of Texas (for himself, Mr. PITTS, and Mr. THOMPSON of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and 

Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 

in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

JUNE 16, 2015 

Additional sponsors: Ms. SINEMA, Mr. SESSIONS, and Mr. MURPHY of Florida 

JUNE 16, 2015 

Reported from the Committee on Ways and Means with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

JUNE 16, 2015 

The Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 

printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 21, 2015] 


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A BILL 

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish 

an annual rulemaking schedule for payment rates under 

Medicare Advantage. 


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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 ‘‘Increasing Regulatory 

5 Fairness Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHING AN ANNUAL RULEMAKING SCHED7 ULE FOR PAYMENT RATES UNDER MEDICARE 

8 ADVANTAGE. 

9 Section 1853(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

10 1395w–23(b)) is amended— 

11 (1) in the subsection heading, by inserting ‘‘, AN12 NUAL RULEMAKING SCHEDULE FOR PAYMENT RATES

13 FOR 2017 AND SUBSEQUENT YEARS’’ after ‘‘RATES’’; 

14 (2) in paragraph (1)— 

15 (A) in subparagraph (B)— 

16 (i) in the subparagraph heading, by 

17 inserting ‘‘BEFORE 2017’’ after ‘‘YEARS’’; 

18 and 

19 (ii) in the matter preceding clause (i), 

20 by inserting ‘‘and before 2017’’ after 

21 ‘‘2005’’; and 

22 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

23 subparagraph: 

24 ‘‘(C) ANNUAL RULEMAKING SCHEDULE FOR

25 PAYMENT RATES FOR 2017 AND SUBSEQUENT


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1 YEARS.—For 2017 and each subsequent year, be2 fore April 1 of the preceding year, the Secretary 

3 shall, by regulation and in accordance with the 

4 notice and public comment periods required 

5 under paragraph (2) for such a year, annually 

6 determine and announce the following: 

7 ‘‘(i) The annual MA capitation rate 

8 for each MA payment area for such year. 

9 ‘‘(ii) The risk and other factors to be 

10 used in adjusting such rates under sub11 section (a)(1)(A) for payments for months 

12 in such year. 

13 ‘‘(iii) With respect to each MA region 

14 and each MA regional plan for which a bid 

15 was submitted under section 1854, the MA 

16 region-specific non-drug monthly benchmark 

17 amount for that region for the year in18 volved. 

19 ‘‘(iv) The major policy changes to the 

20 risk adjustment model, and the 5-star rat21 ing system established under subsection (o), 

22 that are determined to have an economic 

23 impact.’’; and 

24 (3) in paragraph (2)— 


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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘(or, for 2017 and each 

2 subsequent year, at least 60 days)’’ after ‘‘45 

3 days’’; and 

4 (B) by inserting ‘‘(for 2017 and each subse5 quent year, of no less than 30 days)’’ after ‘‘op6 portunity’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 115 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2507 

[Report No. 114–159, Part I] 

A BILL 

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to 

ment rates under Medicare Advantage. establish an annual rulemaking schedule for payJUNE 16, 2015 

Reported from the Committee on Ways and Means with 

J

an amendment 

UNE 16, 2015 

The Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; 

the State of the Union and ordered to be printed committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 


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