,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #eadi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #cj  
7legislative day1 ,november #bi71       
#bjbb,mr4 ,rounds 7for himself and ,mr4 
,risch7 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 exclude independent   
agents and brokers from requirement to  
record calls with beneficiaries under   
the ,medicare ,advantage and            
,prescription ,drug ,benefit programs4  
#a4 ,excluding independent agents and   
brokers from requirement to record calls
 with beneficiaries under ,medicare     
,advantage and ,prescription ,drug      
,benefit programs  7a7 ,medicare        
advantage program ,section #ahea7;h7 of 
the ,social ,security ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #aciew-#ba7;h77 is amended by 
adding at the end the following new     
paragraph3  7#h7 ,exclusion of          
independent agents and brokers from     

requirement to record calls with        
beneficiaries ,the requirement described
 in paragraph 7g77#b77;ii7 of section   
#dbb4bbgd of title #db1 ,code of        
,federal ,regulations1 or any successor 
regulation 7relating to recording calls 
with beneficiaries71 shall not apply to 
an agent or broker appointed in         
accordance with paragraph 7#g77;,a74  4 
7b7 ,prescription drug benefit program  
,section #ahfj;,d-#d7l7 of the ,social  
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#aciew-#ajd7l77 is amended-- 7#a7 by    
redesignating paragraphs 7#a7 through   
7#d7 as subparagraphs 7,a7 through 7,d71
 respectively1 and indenting            
appropriately2  7#b7 by striking        
activities4--,the following provisions  
and inserting 8activities4--  7#a7 ,in  
general ,the following provisions  2 and
  7#c7 by adding at the end the         
following new paragraph3  7#b7          
,exclusion of independent agents and    
brokers from requirement to record calls
 with beneficiaries ,the requirement    

described in paragraph 7g77#b77;ii7 of  
section #dbc4bbgd of title #db1 ,code of
 ,federal ,regulations1 or any successor
 regulation 7relating to recording calls
 with beneficiaries71 shall not apply to
 an agent or broker appointed in        
accordance with section                 
#ahea7;h77#g77;,a71 as applied under    
paragraph 7#a77;,d74  4  7c7 ,effective 
date ,the amendments made by this       
section shall apply to plan years       
beginning on or after ,january #a1      
#bjbc4