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Union Calendar No. 110 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2505 
[Report No. 114–152, Part I] 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the annual 
reporting of data on enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2015 
Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. BILIRAKIS, and Mr. KIND) in-
troduced 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 12, 2015 
Additional sponsors: Mr. SESSIONS and Ms. SINEMA 
JUNE 12, 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 12, 2015 
The Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the Com-
mittee 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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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Medicare Advantage 
Coverage Transparency Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR ENROLLMENT DATA REPORT-
ING FOR MEDICARE. 
Section 1874 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395kk) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(g) REQUIREMENT FOR ENROLLMENT DATA REPORT-
ING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than May 1 of each 
year (beginning with 2016), the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Ways and Means and En-
ergy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a report 
on enrollment data (and, in the case of part A, on 
data on individuals receiving benefits under such 
part) for the plan year or, in the case of part A and 
part B, for the fiscal year or year (as applicable) end-
ing before January 1 of such plan year, fiscal year, 
or year. Such enrollment data shall be presented— 
‘‘(A) by zip code, congressional district, and 
State; 
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‘‘(B) in a manner that provides for such 
data based on enrollment (including receipt of 
benefits other than through enrollment) under 
part A, enrollment under part B, enrollment 
under an MA plan under part C, and enrollment 
under part D; and 
‘‘(C) in the case of enrollment data de-
scribed in subparagraph (B) relating to MA 
plans, presented in a manner that provides for 
such data for each MA–PD plan and for each 
MA plan that is not an MA–PD plan. 
‘‘(2) DELAY OF DEADLINE.—If the Secretary is 
unable to submit a report under paragraph (1) by 
May 1 of a year for data of the plan year, fiscal year, 
or year (as applicable) ending before January 1 of 
such year, the Secretary shall, not later than April 30 
of such year, notify the committees described in such 
paragraph of— 
‘‘(A) such inability, including an expla-
nation for such inability; and 
‘‘(B) the date by which the Secretary will 
provide such report, which shall be not later than 
June 1 of such year.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 110 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2505 
[Report No. 114–152, Part I] 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to 
require the annual reporting of data on enroll-
ment in Medicare Advantage plans. 
JUNE 12, 2015 
Reported from the Committee on Ways and Means with 
an amendment 
JUNE 12, 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 
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