,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bdec  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bj1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,rothfus 7for himself and ,mr4         
,schrader7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,ways and ,means1 and in  
addition to the ,committee on ,energy   
and ,commerce1 for a period to be       
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to preserve ,medicare       
beneficiary choice by restoring and     
expanding the ,medicare open enrollment 
and disenrollment opportunities repealed
 by section #cbjd7;a7 of the ,patient   
,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,medicare ,beneficiary          
,preservation of ,choice ,act of #bjac4 
#b4 ,preservation of ,medicare          
beneficiary choice under ,medicare      
,advantage  7a7 ,in general ,section    

#ahea7;e77#b7 of the ,social ,security  
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aciew-#ba7;e77#b77 
is amended by amending subparagraph     
7,c71 as amended by section #cbjd7;a7 of
 the ,patient ,protection and           
,affordable ,care ,act 7,public ,law    
#aaa-adh71 to read as follows3  7,c7    
,continuous open enrollment and         
disenrollment for first #c months in    
subsequent years  7i7 ,in general       
,subject to clause 7ii7 and subparagraph
 7,d71 at any time during the first #c  
months of a year1 or1 if the individual 
first becomes a ,medicare ,advantage    
eligible individual during a year1      
during the first #c months of such year 
in which the individual is a ,medicare  
,advantage eligible individual1 a       
,medicare ,advantage eligible individual
 may change the election under          
subsection 7a77#a74  7ii7 ,limitation of
 one change during open enrollment      
period each year ,an individual may     
exercise the right under clause 7i7 only
 once during the applicable #c-month    

period described in such clause in each 
year4 ,the limitation under this clause 
shall not apply to changes in elections 
effected during an annual1 coordinated  
election period under paragraph 7#c7 or 
during a special enrollment period under
 paragraph 7#d74  7iii7 ,limited        
application to part ,d ,the previous    
provisions of this subparagraph shall   
only apply with respect to changes in   
enrollment in a prescription drug plan  
under part ,d in the case of an         
individual who1 previous to such change 
in enrollment1 is enrolled in a         
,medicare ,advantage plan4  4  7b7      
,conforming amendment ,section          
#ahfj;,d-#a7;b77#a77;,b77iii7 of such   
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4                     
#aciew-#aja7;b77#a77;,b77iii77 is       
amended by striking 1 7,c714  7c7       
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to
 #bjad and succeeding years4