,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aghh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ad1 #bjai,ms4
 ,hill of ,california 7for herself1 ,mr4
 ,nadler1 ,mr4 ,garamendi1 ,ms4 ,norton1
 ,ms4 ,brownley of ,california1 ,mrs4   
,trahan1 ,mr4 ,perlmutter1 ,mr4 ,cox of 
,california1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,mr4     
,rouda1 ,ms4 ,lofgren1 ,ms4 ,kuster of  
,new ,hampshire1 ,ms4 ,underwood1 ,mr4  
,rose of ,new ,york1 and ,mr4 ,babin7   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce1 and in addition to the   
,committee on ,ways and ,means1 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     
amend title ,,xviii of the ,social      
,security ,act to limit the penalty for 
late enrollment under part ,b of the    
,medicare ,program to #ae percent and   
twice the period of no enrollment1 and  

to exclude periods of ,,cobra1 retiree1 
and ,,va coverage from such late        
enrollment penalty4  #a4 ,limiting      
,medicare part ,b late enrollment       
penalty to #ae percent and twice the    
period of no enrollment  7a7 ,in general
 ,the first sentence of section         
#ahci7;b7 of the ,social ,security ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acier7b77 is amended by 
striking #aj percent of the monthly     
premium so determined for each full #ab 
months and inserting #ae percent of the 
monthly premium so determined for       
premiums paid during a period equal to  
twice the number of months in each of   
the full periods of #ab months4  7b7    
,conforming amendments ,section #ahah of
 the ,social ,security ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #acie;i-#b7 is amended-- 7#a7 
in subsection 7c77#f71 by striking and  
shall only apply to premiums paid during
 a period equal to twice the number of  
months in the full #ab-month periods    
described in that section and2 and  7#b7
 in subsection 7g77#b77;,b71 by striking

 by substituting and all that follows   
and inserting the following3 by         
substituting section #ahah 7without any 
increase resulting from the application 
of section #ahci7;b7 to such section    
#ahah7 for section #ahci 7without any   
increase under subsection 7b7 thereof744
  7c7 ,effective date  7#a7 ,in general 
,the amendments made by this section    
shall apply to premiums paid for months 
beginning after the end of the #ij-;day 
period beginning on the date of the     
enactment of this ,act4  7#b7           
,clarification ,in applying these       
amendments1 months 7before1 during1 or  
after the month in which this ,act is   
enacted7 in which an individual was or  
is required to pay an increased premium 
shall be taken into account in          
determining the month in which the      
premium will no longer be subject to an 
increase4  #b4 ,exclusion of periods of 
,,cobra1 retiree1 and ,,va coverage from
 ,medicare part ,b late enrollment      
penalty  7a7 ,in general ,the second    

sentence of section #ahci7;b7 of the    
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acier7b77 is amended-- 7#a7 by striking
 by reason of the individual's 7or the  
individual's spouse's7 current          
employment2 and  7#b7 by inserting or   
months for which the individual can     
demonstrate that the individual had     
coverage under chapter #ag of title #ch1
 ,united ,states ,code before the period
 at the end4  7b7 ,effective date ,the  
amendments made by subsection 7a7 shall 
apply to premiums paid for months       
beginning after the end of the #ij-;day 
period beginning on the date of the     
enactment of this ,act4  #c4 ,special   
enrollment period for individuals whose 
,,cobra or retiree coverage terminates  
7a7 ,in general ,section #ahcg7;i7 of   
the ,social ,security ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #aciep7i77 is amended-- 7#a7  
in the first sentence of paragraph 7#a71
 by striking by reason of the           
individual's 7or the individual's       
spouse's7 current employment status in  

subparagraph 7,a72  7#b7 in the first   
sentence of paragraph 7#b7 by striking  
by reason of the individual's 7or the   
individual's spouse's7 current          
employment status each place it appears 
in subparagraphs 7,b7 and 7,c72 and     
7#c7 in paragraph 7#c77;,a7 by striking 
by reason of current employment status4 
7b7 ,effective date ,the amendments made
 by subsection 7a7 shall apply to       
terminations of coverage occurring after
 the end of the #ij-;day period         
beginning on the date of the enactment  
of this ,act4