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(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 1933 of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1396u–3) is amended— 
(i) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘who 
are selected to receive such assistance under 
subsection (b)’’; 
(ii) by striking subsections (b), (c), (e), 
and (g); 
(iii) in subsection (d), by striking 
‘‘furnished in a State’’ and all that follows 
and inserting ‘‘the Federal medical assist-
ance percentage shall be equal to 100 per-
cent.’’; and 
(iv) by redesignating subsections (d) 
and (f) as subsections (b) and (c), respec-
tively. 
(B) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
1905(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(b)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘1933(d)’’ and inserting 
‘‘1933(b)’’. 
(C) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The amendments 
made by subparagraph (A) shall take effect on 
October 1, 2007. 
(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-
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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.—Section 1860D–14(a)(3) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395w–114(a)(3)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(G) SELF-CERTIFICATION OF INCOME AND 
RESOURCES.—For purposes of applying this sec-
tion, an individual shall be permitted to qualify 
on the basis of self-certification of income and re-
sources without the need to provide additional 
documentation.’’. 
(b) AUTOMATIC REENROLLMENT WITHOUT NEED TO 
REAPPLY UNDER LOW-INCOME SUBSIDY PROGRAM.—Sec-
tion 1860D–14(a)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w– 
114(a)(3)), as amended by subsection (a), is further amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(H) 
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 
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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: 
‘‘(7) The Secretary shall take all reasonable steps to 
encourage States to provide for administrative verification 
of income and automatic reenrollment (as provided under 
clauses (iii) and (iv) of section 1860D–14(a)(3)(C) in the 
case of the low-income subsidy program).’’. 
(d) SSA ASSISTANCE WITH MEDICARE SAVINGS PRO-
GRAM
AND LOW-INCOME SUBSIDY PROGRAM APPLICA-
TIONS.—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 PROGRAM 
AND LOW-INCOME SUBSIDY PROGRAM APPLICATIONS.— 
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