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42 U.S. Code § 1395b–4 - Health insurance information, counseling, and assistance grants | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 42 › Chapter 7 › Subchapter XVIII › § 1395b–4
42 U.S. Code § 1395b–4 - Health insurance information, counseling, and assistance grants
(2) As part of an application for a grant under this section, a State shall submit a plan for a State-wide health insurance information, counseling, and assistance program. Such program shall—
(A) establish or improve upon a health insurance information, counseling, and assistance program that provides counseling and assistance to eligible individuals in need of health insurance information, including—
(d) Criteria for issuing grantsIn issuing a grant under this section, the Secretary shall consider—
(1) the commitment of the State to carrying out the health insurance information, counseling, and assistance program described in subsection (b)(2), including the level of cooperation demonstrated—
(C)departments and agencies of such State responsible for—
in order to ensure the needs of rural areas in such State, the relative costs and special problems associated with addressing the special problems of providing health care information, counseling, and assistance eligible [1] individuals residing in rural areas of such State.
(e) Annual State reportA State that receives a grant under this section shall, not later than 180 days after receiving such grant, and annually thereafter during the period of the grant, issue a report to the Secretary that includes information concerning—
(f) Report to CongressBeginning with 1992, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall issue a report to the Committee on Finance of the Senate, the Special Committee on Aging of the Senate, the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives that—
makes recommendations that the Secretary determines to be appropriate to address the problems described in paragraph (3); [2] and
[2]  So in original. Probably should be paragraph “(2)”.
The Older Americans Act, referred to in subsec. (d)(1)(C)(ii), probably means the Older Americans Act of 1965, which is Pub. L. 89–73, July 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 218, as amended, and is classified generally to chapter 35 (§ 3001 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3001 of this title and Tables.
1998—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 105–362 substituted “Beginning with 1992” for “Not later than 180 days after November 5, 1990”.
1994—Subsec. (b)(2)(A)(ii). Pub. L. 103–432, § 171(i)(1), inserted closing parenthesis after “of this title”.
Subsec. (b)(2)(D). Pub. L. 103–432, § 171(i)(2), substituted “counseling” for “services” before “described in subparagraph (A)”.
Subsec. (b)(2)(I). Pub. L. 103–432, § 171(i)(3), substituted “referrals” for “assistance”.
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 103–432, § 171(i)(4), struck out “and that such activities will continue to be maintained at such level” after “covered by such grant under this section”.
Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 103–432, § 171(i)(5), substituted “eligible individuals residing in rural areas” for “to the rural areas”.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 103–432, § 171(i)(6)(A), (B), in introductory provisions, substituted “this section” for “subsection (c) or (d) of this section” and “and annually thereafter during the period of the grant, issue a report” for “and annually thereafter, issue an annual report”.
Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 103–432, § 171(i)(6)(C), struck out “State-wide” before “health insurance information”.
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 103–437, § 15(b)(1), in introductory provisions, substituted “and the Committee on Energy and Commerce” for “the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and the Select Committee on Aging”.
Pub. L. 103–432, § 171(i)(8)(B), and Pub. L. 103–437, § 15(b)(2), made identical amendments, redesignating subsec. (f), relating to authorization of appropriations for grants, as (g).
Pub. L. 103–432, § 171(i)(8)(A), in subsec. (f), relating to authorization of appropriations for grants, substituted “1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996” for “and 1993”.
Subsec. (f)(2) to (5). Pub. L. 103–432, § 171(i)(7), in subsec. (f), relating to report to Congress, redesignated pars. (3) to (5) as (2) to (4), respectively, and struck out former par. (2) which read as follows: “summarizes the scope and content of training conferences convened under this section;”.
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 103–432, § 171(i)(8)(B), and Pub. L. 103–437, § 15(b)(2), made identical amendments, redesignating subsec. (f), relating to authorization of appropriations for grants, as (g).
Pub. L. 110–275, title I, § 186, July 15, 2008, 122 Stat. 2588, provided that:
Within one year after the date of the enactment of this Act [July 15, 2008], the Secretary (in this section referred to as the ‘Secretary’) shall establish a demonstration project to determine the greatest needs and most effective methods of outreach to medicare beneficiaries who were previously uninsured.
The demonstration shall be in no fewer than 10 sites, and shall include state health insurance assistance programs, community health centers, community-based organizations, community health workers, and other service providers under parts A, B, and C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1395c et seq., 1395j et seq., 1395w–21 et seq.]. Grantees that are plans operating under part C shall document that enrollees who were previously uninsured receive the ‘Welcome to Medicare’ physical exam.
The Secretary shall conduct the demonstration project for a period of 2 years.
“(d)Report and Evaluation.—The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of the demonstration and not later than 1 year after the completion of the project shall submit to Congress a report including the following:
An analysis of the effectiveness of outreach activities targeting beneficiaries who were previously uninsured, such as revising outreach and enrollment materials (including the potential for use of video information), providing one-on-one counseling, working with community health workers, and amending the Medicare and You handbook.
The effect of such outreach on beneficiary access to care, utilization of services, efficiency and cost-effectiveness of health care delivery, patient satisfaction, and select health outcomes.”