,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cegc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #aj1  
#bjbd,mr4 ,warner 7for himself and ,mrs4
 ,blackburn7 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 increase data        
transparency for supplemental benefits  
under ,medicare ,advantage4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,medicare ,advantage ,supplemental      
,benefits ,transparency ,act4  #b4      
,increasing data transparency for       
supplemental benefits under ,medicare   
,advantage  7a7 ,in general ,section    
#aheg7;e7 of the ,social ,security ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aciew-#bg7;e77 is       
amended by adding at the end the        
following new paragraph3  7#f7          
,reporting of enrollee-level data on    
supplemental benefits  7,a7 ,in general 
,beginning with plan years beginning on 
or after ,january #a1 #bjbg1 a contract 

under this section with an ,,ma         
organization shall require the          
organization to submit to the           
,secretary1 for each ,,ma plan offered  
by the organization1 enrollee-level data
 on supplemental benefits 7by item or   
service1 or category of item or service1
 as determined appropriate by the       
,secretary1 and national provider       
identifier1 if available71 including    
eligibility requirements for such       
benefits1 the benefit category          
applicable with respect to each such    
benefit1 and data on utilization of and 
payments for such benefits 7including   
the total amount spent by the plan for  
each enrollee who utilized such benefits
 and the total out-of-pocket cost per   
utilization for each enrollee74  7,b7   
,data access  7i7 ,in general ,not later
 than ,january #a of the year that is   
two years after the beginning of a plan 
year for which data is submitted under  
subparagraph 7,a71 the ,secretary       
shall-- 7,i7 upon request1 make such    

data available to individuals and       
entities for the purpose of conducting--
 7aa7 evaluations and other analyses to 
support the program under this title2   
and  7bb7 other health care related     
research2 and  7,,ii7 make available on 
the internet website of the ,centers for
 ,medicare  ,medicaid ,services a public
 use data file containing such data in  
de-identified form4  7ii7               
,confidentiality ,in making data        
available under clause 7i77,i71 the     
,secretary shall have in place          
procedures to safeguard the privacy and 
security of any individually            
identifiable enrollee information4  7,c7
 ,nonapplication of ,paperwork          
,reduction ,act ,chapter #ce of title   
#dd1 ,united ,states ,code1 shall not   
apply to data collected under           
subparagraph 7,a74  4  7b7 ,rule of     
construction ,nothing in the amendment  
made by this section shall affect the   
collection of information as proposed1  
or so finalized1 pursuant to the notice 

entitled ,agency ,information           
,collection ,activities3 ,proposed      
,collection2 ,comment ,request1         
published in the ,federal ,register on  
,march #ad1 #bjbc 7#hh ,fed4 ,reg4      
#aegbf74  7c7 ,implementation funding   
,for the purposes of carrying out the   
amendment made by this section1 there   
are appropriated1 out of amounts in the 
,treasury not otherwise appropriated1 to
 the ,secretary of ,health and ,human   
,services1 #ae1jjj1jjj for fiscal year  
#bjbd1 to remain available until        
expended4