,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aaad  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #aj1    
#bjai,mr4 ,daines 7for himself and ,mr4 
,king7 introduced the following bill2   
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,finance  ,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