Title: Fair Choices for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Fair Choices for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019
This bill extends funding through FY2022 for state health insurance programs, area agencies on aging, aging and disability resource centers, and technical assistance related to outreach and enrollment for benefit programs for low-income, older individuals.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3421 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3421

 To provide for a 3-year extension of funding outreach and assistance 
                        for low-income programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 21, 2019

Mr. Gomez (for himself, Mrs. Dingell, and Mr. Buchanan) 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for a 3-year extension of funding outreach and assistance 
                        for low-income programs.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Choices for Medicare 
Beneficiaries Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF FUNDING OUTREACH AND ASSISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME 
              PROGRAMS.

    (a) Additional Funding for State Health Insurance Programs.--
Subsection (a)(1)(B) of section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for 
Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 1395b-3 note), as amended 
by section 3306 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
(Public Law 111-148), section 610 of the American Taxpayer Relief Act 
of 2012 (Public Law 112-240), section 1110 of the Pathway for SGR 
Reform Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-67), section 110 of the Protecting 
Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-93), section 208 of the 
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-
10), and section 50207 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 
115-123), is amended--
            (1) in clause (vii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (viii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (3) in clause (ix), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (4) by inserting after clause (ix) the following new 
        clause:
                            ``(x) for each of fiscal years 2020 through 
                        2022, of $15,000,000.''.
    (b) Additional Funding for Area Agencies on Aging.--Subsection 
(b)(1)(B) of such section 119, as so amended, is amended--
            (1) in clause (vii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (viii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (3) in clause (ix), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (4) by inserting after clause (ix) the following new 
        clause:
                            ``(x) for each of fiscal years 2020 through 
                        2022, of $15,000,000.''.
    (c) Additional Funding for Aging and Disability Resource Centers.--
Subsection (c)(1)(B) of such section 119, as so amended, is amended--
            (1) in clause (vii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (viii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (3) in clause (ix), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (4) by inserting after clause (ix) the following new 
        clause:
                            ``(x) for each of fiscal years 2020 through 
                        2022, of $5,000,000.''.
    (d) Additional Funding for Contract With the National Center for 
Benefits and Outreach Enrollment.--Subsection (d)(2) of such section 
119, as so amended, is amended--
            (1) in clause (vii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (viii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (3) in clause (ix), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (4) by inserting after clause (ix) the following new 
        clause:
                            ``(x) for each of fiscal years 2020 through 
                        2022, of $15,000,000.''.
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