Seniors' Rights to Know Act

Bill: 113-hr-4201
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10]
Introduced: 2014-03-11
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care

Consumer affairs

Government information and archives

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Marketing and advertising

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-03-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Seniors' Rights to Know Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) part C (Medicare+Choice) of the Social Security Act to require the information the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) provides to promote informed choice on available part C coverage options to describe the changes for the plan year made by a Medicare Advantage (MA) organization, with respect to the MA plan it offers, pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Allows such information to assess the effect of such provisions and amendments on MA-eligible individuals who enroll under the plan.</p> <p>Prohibits the Secretary from disapproving the inclusion of any such information in marketing materials or application forms unless it is factually inaccurate for the plan year for which the information is provided or any preceding plan year beginning after March 23, 2010.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4201 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 11, 2014 Mr. Denham 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 A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require Medicare Advantage organizations to disclose certain information on the changes made to the MA plan offered by such organization pursuant to changes required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Seniors’ Rights to Know Act . 2. Requiring disclosure of certain changes to MA plans pursuant to requirements of the Affordable Care Act Section 1851 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–21 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (d)(4), by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (F) Changes pursuant to the Affordable Care Act For plan year 2015 and each subsequent plan year, a description of the changes made by the Medicare Advantage organization, with respect to the MA plan offered by such organization, for such plan year pursuant to the provisions of, and amendments made by, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, which may include an assessment of the affect of such provisions and amendments on Medicare Advantage eligible individuals who enroll under such plan. ; and (2) in subsection (h)(2), by adding at the end the following new sentence: Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the Secretary may not disapprove information described in subsection (d)(4)(F) included in such material or form for purposes of satisfying the requirements of subsection (d) unless such information is factually inaccurate for the plan year for which the information is provided or any preceding plan year beginning after March 23, 2010. .