,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #baca  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #h1 #bjai ,mr4
 ,kind 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,kelly of     
,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,guthrie1 and ,mr4  
,michael ,f4 ,doyle of ,pennsylvania7   
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     
amend title ,,xviii of the ,social      
,security ,act to eliminate a provision 
under the ,medicare ,advantage program  
that inadvertently penalizes ,medicare  
,advantage plans for providing high     
quality care to ,medicare beneficiaries4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,medicare ,advantage       
,quality ,payment ,relief ,act of #bjai4
  #b4 ,relief from quality bonus penalty

 in calculation of the ,medicare        
,advantage blended benchmark cap  7a7   
,in general ,section #ahec7n77#d7 of the
 ,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4  
#aciew-#bc7n77#d77 is amended by        
striking determined taking into account 
and inserting determined without regard 
to4  7b7 ,effective date ,the amendment 
made by subsection 7a7 shall apply to   
plan years beginning on or after        
,january #a1 #bjbj4