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(b) INCREASE IN ELIGIBILITY TO 150 PERCENT OF 
THE
FEDERAL
POVERTY
LEVEL.—Section 
1902(a)(10)(E)(iv) of such Act is further amended by in-
serting ‘‘(or, effective January 1, 2008, 150 percent)’’ 
after ‘‘135 percent’’. 
SEC. 213. ELIMINATING BARRIERS TO ENROLLMENT. 
(a) ADMINISTRATIVE VERIFICATION OF INCOME AND 
RESOURCES UNDER THE LOW-INCOME SUBSIDY PRO-
GRAM.—Clause (iii) of section 1860D–14(a)(3)(E) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–114(a)(3)(E)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(iii) CERTIFICATION OF INCOME AND 
RESOURCES.—For purposes of applying 
this section— 
‘‘(I) an individual shall be per-
mitted to apply on the basis of self- 
certification of income and resources; 
and 
‘‘(II) matters attested to in the 
application shall be subject to appro-
priate methods of verification without 
the need of the individual to provide 
additional documentation, except in 
extraordinary situations as determined 
by the Commissioner.’’. 
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(b) AUTOMATIC REENROLLMENT WITHOUT NEED TO 
REAPPLY UNDER LOW-INCOME SUBSIDY PROGRAM.— 
Section 1860D–14(a)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w– 
114(a)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(G) AUTOMATIC
REENROLLMENT.—For 
purposes of applying this section, in the case of 
an individual who has been determined to be a 
subsidy eligible individual (and within a par-
ticular class of such individuals, such as a full- 
subsidy eligible individual or a partial subsidy 
eligible individual), the individual shall be 
deemed to continue to be so determined without 
the need for any annual or periodic application 
unless and until the individual notifies a Fed-
eral or State official responsible for such deter-
minations that the individual’s eligibility condi-
tions have changed so that the individual is no 
longer a subsidy eligible individual (or is no 
longer within such class of such individuals).’’. 
(c) ENCOURAGING APPLICATION
OF PROCEDURES 
UNDER MEDICARE SAVINGS PROGRAM.—Section 1905(p) 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(p)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(7) The Secretary shall take all reasonable steps to 
encourage States to provide for administrative verification 
of income and automatic reenrollment (as provided under 
subparagraphs (C)(iii) and (G) of section 1860D–14(a)(3) 
in the case of the low-income subsidy program).’’. 
(d) SSA ASSISTANCE WITH MEDICARE SAVINGS 
PROGRAM AND LOW-INCOME SUBSIDY PROGRAM APPLI-
CATIONS.—Section 1144 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b– 
14) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(c) ASSISTANCE WITH MEDICARE SAVINGS PRO-
GRAM AND LOW-INCOME SUBSIDY PROGRAM APPLICA-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(1) DISTRIBUTION OF APPLICATIONS TO AP-
PLICANTS FOR MEDICARE.—In the case of each indi-
vidual applying for hospital insurance benefits under 
section 226 or 226A, the Commissioner shall provide 
the following: 
‘‘(A) Information describing the low-in-
come subsidy program under section 1860D–14 
and the medicare savings program under title 
XIX. 
‘‘(B) An application for enrollment under 
such low-income subsidy program as well as a 
simplified application form (developed under 
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section 1905(p)(5)) for medical assistance for 
medicare cost-sharing under title XIX. 
‘‘(C) Information on how the individual 
may obtain assistance in completing such appli-
cations, including information on how the indi-
vidual may contact the State health insurance 
assistance program (SHIP) for the State in 
which the individual is located. 
The Commissioner shall make such application 
forms available at local offices of the Social Security 
Administration. 
‘‘(2) TRAINING
PERSONNEL
IN
ASSISTING
IN 
COMPLETING
APPLICATIONS.—The 
Commissioner 
shall provide training to those employees of the So-
cial Security Administration who are involved in re-
ceiving applications for benefits described in para-
graph (1) in assisting applicants in completing a 
medicare savings program application described in 
paragraph (1). Such employees who are so trained 
shall provide such assistance upon request. 
‘‘(3) TRANSMITTAL OF APPLICATION.—If such 
an employee assists in completing such an applica-
tion, the employee, with the consent of the applicant, 
shall transmit the application to the appropriate 
State medicaid agency for processing. 
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