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Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``State Long-Term Care Partnership Act 
of 2005''.

SEC. 2. ALLOWANCE OF ADDITIONAL STATE LONG-TERM CARE PARTNERSHIPS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1917(b) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(C)(i), by striking ``shall seek 
        adjustment'' and inserting ``may seek adjustment'';
            (2) in paragraph (1)(C)(ii), by inserting ``Qualified State 
        Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership or under a'' after 
        ``Clause (i) shall not apply in the case of an individual who 
        received medical assistance under a''; and
            (3) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ``(and shall include, 
        in the case of an individual to whom paragraph (1)(C)(i) 
        applies)''.
    (b) Definition of a Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance 
Partnership.--Section 1917(e) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396p(e)) is amended by inserting at the end the following:
            ``(6) The term `Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance 
        Partnership' means a State plan amendment that provides for the 
        disregard of any assets or resources in an amount equal to the 
        insurance benefits payments that are made under a long-term 
        care insurance policy (including a certificate issued under a 
        group insurance contract), but only if--
                    ``(A) the policy covers an insured who, at the time 
                coverage under the policy first becomes effective, is a 
                resident of such State or of a State that maintains a 
                Qualified Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership;
                    ``(B) the policy is a qualified long-term care 
                insurance contract within the meaning of section 
                7702B(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
                    ``(C) the policy provides some level of inflation 
                protection;
                    ``(D) the policy satisfies any requirements of 
                State or other applicable law that apply to a long-term 
                care insurance policy; and
                    ``(E) the issuer of the policy reports--
                            ``(i) to the Secretary, such information or 
                        data as the Secretary may require; and
                            ``(ii) to the State, the information or 
                        data reported to the Secretary (if any), the 
                        information or data required under the minimum 
                        reporting requirements developed under section 
                        2(c)(1) of the State Long-Term Care Partnership 
                        Act of 2005, and such additional information or 
                        data as the State may require.
        For purposes of applying this paragraph, if a long-term care 
        insurance policy is exchanged for another such policy, the date 
        coverage became effective under the first policy shall 
        determine when coverage first becomes effective.''.
    (c) Regulatory Authority.--Not later than 6 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
(in this subsection and subsection (d) referred to as the 
``Secretary''), in consultation with the National Association of 
Insurance Commissioners, issuers of long-term care insurance policies, 
States with experience with long-term care insurance partnership plans, 
and other States, shall develop the following requirements and 
standards:
            (1) Minimum, consistent reporting requirements.--
                    (A) In general.--Minimum reporting requirements for 
                issuers of long-term care insurance policies under 
                Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance Partnerships 
                that shall specify the data and information that each 
                such issuer shall report to the State with which it has 
                such a partnership. The requirements developed in 
                accordance with this paragraph shall specify the type 
                and format of the data and information to be reported 
                and the frequency with which such reports are to be 
                made.
                    (B) State required data.--Nothing in subparagraph 
                (A) shall be construed as prohibiting a State from 
                requiring an issuer of a long-term care insurance 
                policy sold in the State (regardless of whether the 
                policy is issued under a Qualified State Long-Term Care 
                Insurance Partnership) to require the issuer to report 
                State information or data to the State that is in 
                addition to the information or data required under the 
                minimum reporting requirements developed under that 
                subparagraph.
            (2) Reciprocity standards.--Standards for ensuring that 
        long-term care insurance policies issued under a Qualified 
        State Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership are portable to 
        other States with such a partnership.
    (d) Consumer Education.--The Secretary shall establish procedures 
for educating consumers regarding Qualified State Long-Term Care 
Insurance Partnerships and long-term care insurance policies issued in 
connection with such partnerships.
    (e) Annual Reports to Congress.--The Secretary shall annually 
report to Congress on the Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance 
Partnerships established in accordance with subsections (b)(1)(C)(ii) 
and (e)(6) of section 1917 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396p).
    (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) 
take effect on October 1, 2005.

Answer: State Long-Term Care Partnership Act of 2005 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for establishment of long-term care insurance partnerships between states and insurers (Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance Partnerships (QSLTCIPs)). Defines a QSLTCIP as a state plan amendment that provides for the disregard of any assets or resources in an amount equal to the insurance benefits payments made under a long-term care insurance policy (including a certificate issued under a group insurance contract), but only if the policy meets certain requirements, including coverage of an insured who, at the time coverage first becomes effective, is a resident of such state or of a state that maintains a QSLTCIP.

Directs the Secretary to establish procedures for educating consumers regarding QSLTCIPs and long-term care insurance policies issued in connection with them.


Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Cancer Screening and Prevention 
Act''.

SEC. 2. MEDICARE COVERAGE OF COLORECTAL SCREENING.

    (a) In General.--Section 1834 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395m) is amended by inserting after subsection (c) the following new 
subsection:
    ``(d) Frequency and Payment Limits for Screening Fecal-Occult Blood 
Tests, Screening Flexible Sigmoidoscopies, and Screening Colonoscopy.--
            ``(1) Screening fecal-occult blood tests.--
                    ``(A) Payment limit.--In establishing fee schedules 
                under section 1833(h) with respect to screening fecal-
                occult blood tests provided for the purpose of early 
                detection of colon cancer, except as provided by the 
                Secretary under paragraph (3)(A), the payment amount 
                established for tests performed--
                            ``(i) in 1996 shall not exceed $5; and
                            ``(ii) in a subsequent year, shall not 
                        exceed the limit on the payment amount 
                        established under this subsection for such 
                        tests for the preceding year, adjusted by the 
                        applicable adjustment under section 1833(h) for 
                        tests performed in such year.
                    ``(B) Frequency limit.--Subject to revision by the 
                Secretary under paragraph (3)(B), no payment may be 
                made under this part for a screening fecal-occult blood 
                test provided to an individual for the purpose of early 
                detection of colon cancer--
                            ``(i) if the individual is under 50 years 
                        of age; or
                            ``(ii) if the test is performed within the 
                        11 months after a previous screening fecal-
                        occult blood test.
            ``(2) Screening flexible sigmoid- oscopies.--
                    ``(A) Payment amount.--The Secretary shall 
                establish a payment amount under section 1848 with 
                respect to screening flexible sigmoidoscopies provided 
                for the purpose of early detection of colon cancer that 
                is consistent with payment amounts under such section 
                for similar or related services, except that such 
                payment amount shall be established without regard to 
                subsection (a)(2)(A) of such section.
                    ``(B) Frequency limit.--Subject to revision by the 
                Secretary under paragraph (4)(B), no payment may be 
                made under this part for a screening flexible 
                sigmoidoscopy provided to an individual for the purpose 
                of early detection of colon cancer--
                            ``(i) if the individual is under 50 years 
                        of age; or
                            ``(ii) if the procedure is performed within 
                        the 47 months after a previous screening 
                        flexible sigmoidoscopy.
            ``(3) Screening colonoscopy for individuals at high risk 
        for colorectal cancer.--
                    ``(A) Payment amount.--The Secretary shall 
                establish a payment amount under section 1848 with 
                respect to screening colonoscopy for individuals at 
                high risk for colorectal cancer (as defined in 
                subparagraph (C)) provided for the purpose of early 
                detection of colon cancer that is consistent with 
                payment amounts under such section for similar or 
                related services, except that such payment amount shall 
                be established without regard to subsection (a)(2)(A) 
                of such section.
                    ``(B) Frequency limit.--Subject to revision by the 
                Secretary under paragraph (4)(B), no payment may be 
                made under this part for a screening colonoscopy for 
                individuals at high
                 risk for colorectal cancer provided to an individual 
for the purpose of early detection of colon cancer if the procedure is 
performed within the 23 months after a previous screening colonoscopy.
                    ``(C) Individual at high risk defined.--In this 
                subsection, an `individual at high risk for colorectal 
                cancer' is an individual who, because of family 
                history, prior experience of cancer or precursor 
                neoplastic polyps, a history of chronic digestive 
                disease condition (including inflammatory bowel 
                disease, Crohn's Disease, or ulcerative colitis), the 
                presence of any appropriate recognized gene markers for 
                colorectal cancer, or other predisposing factors, faces 
                a high risk for colorectal cancer.
            ``(4) Reductions in payment limit and revision of 
        frequency.--
                    ``(A) Reductions in payment limit.--The Secretary 
                shall review from time to time the appropriateness of 
                the amount of the payment limit established for 
                screening fecal-occult blood tests under paragraph 
                (1)(A). The Secretary may, with respect to tests 
                performed in a year after 1998, reduce the amount of 
                such
                 limit as it applies nationally or in any area to the 
amount that the Secretary estimates is required to assure that such 
tests of an appropriate quality are readily and conveniently available 
during the year.
                    ``(B) Revision of frequency.--
                            ``(i) Review.--The Secretary shall review 
                        periodically the appropriate frequency for 
                        performing screening fecal-occult blood tests, 
                        screening flexible sigmoidoscopies, and 
                        screening colonoscopy based on age and such 
                        other factors as the Secretary believes to be 
                        pertinent.
                            ``(ii) Revision of frequency.--The 
                        Secretary, taking into consideration the review 
                        made under clause (i), may revise from time to 
                        time the frequency with which such tests and 
                        procedures may be paid for under this 
                        subsection, but no such revision shall apply to 
                        tests or procedures performed before January 1, 
                        1999.
            ``(5) Limiting charges of nonparticipating physicians.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In the case of a screening 
                flexible sigmoidoscopy provided to an individual for 
                the purpose of early detection of colon cancer or a 
                screening colonoscopy provided to an individual at high 
                risk for colorectal cancer for the purpose of early 
                detection of colon cancer for which payment may be made 
                under this part, if a nonparticipating physician 
                provides the procedure to an individual enrolled under 
                this part, the physician may not charge the individual 
                more than the limiting charge (as defined in section 
                1848(g)(2)).
                    ``(B) Enforcement.--If a physician or supplier 
                knowing and willfully imposes a charge in violation of 
                subparagraph (A), the Secretary may apply sanctions 
                against such physician or supplier in accordance with 
                section 1842(j)(2).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Paragraphs (1)(D) and (2)(D) of 
section 1833(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(a)) are each amended by 
striking ``subsection (h)(1),'' and inserting ``subsection (h)(1) or 
section 1834(d)(1),''.
    (2) Section 1833(h)(1)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(h)(1)(A)) is 
amended by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting ``Subject to 
paragraphs (1) and (3)(A) of section 1834(d), the Secretary''.
    (3) Clauses (i) and (ii) of section 1848(a)(2)(A) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395w-4(a)(2)(A)) are each amended by striking ``a service'' and 
inserting ``a service (other than a screening flexible sigmoidoscopy 
provided to an individual for the purpose of early detection of colon 
cancer or a screening colonoscopy provided to an individual at high 
risk for colorectal cancer for the purpose of early detection of colon 
cancer)''.
    (4) Section 1862(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(a)) is amended--
            (A) in paragraph (1)--
                    (i) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end,
                    (ii) in subparagraph (F), by striking the semicolon 
                at the end and inserting ``, and'', and
                    (iii) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
            ``(G) in the case of screening fecal-occult blood tests, 
        screening flexible sigmoidoscopies, and screening colonoscopy 
        provided for the purpose of early detection of colon cancer, 
        which are performed more frequently than is covered under 
        section 1834(d);''; and
            (B) in paragraph (7), by striking ``paragraph (1)(B) or 
        under paragraph (1)(F)'' and inserting ``subparagraphs (B), 
        (F), or (G) of paragraph (1)''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 2 shall apply to screening fecal-
occult blood tests, screening flexible sigmoidoscopies, and screening 
colonoscopy performed on or after January 1, 1996.

Answer: Cancer Screening and Prevention Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of various specified colon and colorectal screening tests and corresponding payment and frequency limits.


Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Disability Fairness 
Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. PHASED-IN PAYMENT OF SSDI BENEFITS DURING THE WAITING PERIOD 
              FOR THE TERMINALLY ILL.

    (a) In General.--Section 223 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
423) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), in the matter following 
                subparagraph (E), by striking ``or (ii)'' and inserting 
                ``(ii) subject to paragraph (2)(B), for each month 
                beginning with the first month during all of which the 
                individual is determined under subparagraph (D) of 
                subsection (d)(2) to be under a disability and in which 
                he becomes so entitled to such insurance benefits, or 
                (iii)'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' 
                        at the end;
                            (ii) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
                        subparagraph (C);
                            (iii) in subparagraph (C), as so 
                        redesignated, by striking ``(ii)'' and 
                        inserting ``(iii)''; and
                            (iv) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
                        the following new subparagraph:
            ``(B) in any case in which clause (ii) of paragraph (1) of 
        this subsection is applicable, the first month for which the 
        individual becomes entitled to such disability insurance 
        benefits, subject to the phase-in percentage period described 
        in paragraph (3)(A), or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
    ``(3)(A) For purposes of paragraph (2)(B), in any case in which 
clause (ii) of paragraph (1) of this subsection is applicable, an 
individual's disability insurance benefit for the earliest period of 
consecutive calendar months throughout which the individual has been 
entitled to such insurance benefits shall be equal to the product of 
the benefit amount determined under paragraph (2)(B) (as determined 
before application of this paragraph) and--
            ``(i) for the first calendar month, 50 percent;
            ``(ii) for the second calendar month, 75 percent; and
            ``(iii) for each subsequent calendar month through the 
        twelfth calendar month, 100 percent.
    ``(B) If an individual who has been determined under subparagraph 
(D) of subsection (d)(2) to be under a disability has been entitled to 
a disability insurance benefit on such basis for 12 consecutive 
calendar months, the individual's disability insurance benefit for any 
month during the subsequent period of 12 consecutive calendar months 
shall be equal to--
            ``(i) the benefit amount determined under paragraph (2)(B) 
        (as determined before application of subparagraph (A)); minus
            ``(ii) the quotient obtained by dividing the total amount 
        of disability insurance benefits provided to the individual 
        during the earliest period of five consecutive calendar months 
        for which the individual was entitled to such benefits on such 
        basis by 12.
    ``(C) If an individual who has been determined under subparagraph 
(D) of subsection (d)(2) to be under a disability has been entitled to 
a disability insurance benefit on such basis for 24 consecutive 
calendar months, the individual's disability insurance benefit for any 
subsequent month shall be equal to 95 percent of the benefit amount 
determined under paragraph (2)(B) (as determined before application of 
subparagraphs (A) and (B)).''; and
            (2) in subsection (d)(2), by adding at the end the 
        following:
            ``(D) For purposes of clause (ii) of paragraph (1) of 
        subsection (a), an individual shall be determined to be under a 
        disability upon submission of a diagnosis of a terminal illness 
        (as defined in section 1861(dd)(3)(A)) that has been certified 
        by not less than 2 physicians (as defined in section 
        1861(r)(1)) who are not related (as defined in section 
        267(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code) and are not in the same 
        physician group practice.''.
    (b) Reports to Congress.--
            (1) Report by social security administration.--Not later 
        than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
        each year thereafter, the Commissioner of Social Security, in 
        coordination with the Inspector General of the Social Security 
        Administration, shall submit to the relevant committees of 
        Congress a report that evaluates the provision of disability 
        insurance benefits to terminally ill individuals, including--
                    (A) the total number of individuals who--
                            (i) filed applications for disability 
                        insurance benefits (as determined under section 
                        223(a)(3) of the Social Security Act) based on 
                        a diagnosis of a terminal illness;
                            (ii) receive such benefits;
                            (iii) die within 6 months of first 
                        receiving such benefits;
                            (iv) die within 12 months of first 
                        receiving such benefits;
                            (v) receive such benefits during the period 
                        described in section 223(a)(3)(B) of the Social 
                        Security Act; and
                            (vi) receive such benefits during the 
                        period described in section 223(a)(3)(C) of the 
                        Social Security Act;
                    (B) the total amount expended, including related 
                administrative expenses, for the provision of 
                disability insurance benefits under section 223(a)(3) 
                of the Social Security Act to individuals diagnosed 
                with a terminal illness; and
                    (C) recommendations for such legislation and 
                administrative actions as are determined appropriate 
                for preventing fraud, waste, and abuse related to such 
                benefits.
            (2) Report by government accountability office.--Not later 
        than 4 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
        Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report 
        to the relevant committees of Congress that evaluates the 
        provision of disability insurance benefits to terminally ill 
        individuals and provides recommendations for such legislation 
        and administrative actions as are determined appropriate to 
        improve the provision of such benefits to such individuals.
    (c) Effective Date; Sunset.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the amendments 
        made by this section shall apply to benefits payable for months 
        beginning after December 31, 2016.
            (2) Sunset.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
        cease to have effect on January 1, 2022, and upon such date, 
        section 223 of the Social Security Act shall read as if such 
        amendments had not been enacted.

Answer:
Social Security Disability Fairness Act of 2016   This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prescribe formulae for payment of Social Security Disability Insurance benefits over a period of 24 consecutive calendar months for individuals determined to be under a disability upon submission of a diagnosis of a terminal illness.