,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajahe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of 
,,representatives  ,august #ca1         
#bjbf,mr4 ,bilirakis 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 require the ,secretary of
 ,health and ,human ,services to        
establish a temporary premium credit for
 enrollees in prescription drug plans   
under the ,medicare program4  #a4 ,short
 title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,part ,d ,premium ,protection ,act of   
#bjbf4  #b4 ,establishing temporary     
,medicare part ,d prescription drug plan
 premium credit  7a7 ,in general ,for   
#bjbg1 the ,secretary of ,health and    
,human ,services shall establish a      
premium credit to be administered with  

respect to enrollees in a prescription  
drug plan under part ,d of title ,,xviii
 of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db     
,u4,s4,c4 #aciew-#aja et seq47 7in this 
section referred to as a ,,pdp7 in      
accordance with the process established 
under subsection 7b7 that is equal to   
the average premium reduction applicable
 with respect to enrollees in           
participating ,p,d,ps under the ,part ,d
 ,premium ,stabilization ,demonstration 
7as described in the announcement issued
 by the ,centers for ,medicare          
,medicaid ,services on ,july #bi1 #bjbd7
 conducted pursuant to section #djb of  
the ,social ,security ,amendments of    
#aifg 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acie;b-#a71 as    
calculated with respect to rates of such
 premiums in effect during the period   
beginning on ,january #a1 #bjbe1 and    
ending on the last day of #bjbf for     
which such data is available4  7b7      
,administration process ,the ,secretary 
shall establish a process under which-- 
7#a7 the ,secretary notifies each ,,pdp 

sponsor 7as defined in section          
#ahfj;,d-#da7;a7 of the ,social         
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#aciew-#aea7;a777 of the amount of the  
credit under subsection 7a72  7#b7 each 
such sponsor charges enrollees the      
premium amounts otherwise applicable    
with respect to each such enrollee for  
#bjbg1 minus the amount of such credit1 
except that such a charge may not be    
less than zero dollars2 and  7#c7 the   
,secretary pays any credit amount       
subtracted from the premium amount under
 paragraph 7#b7 with respect to an      
enrollee to the appropriate ,,pdp       
sponsor4