,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ebdc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #aj1      
#bjbe,ms4 ,mc,clellan 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 increase  
data transparency for supplemental      
benefits under ,medicare ,advantage4    
#a4 ,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 #bjbi1 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       
identifier71 including eligibility for  
such benefits1 the types of benefit     
categories offered1 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 ,on the first ,monday in    
,october of each year 7beginning with   
#bjcj71 the ,secretary shall make data  
submitted under subparagraph 7,a7       
available to individuals and entities   

for the purpose of conducting-- 7,i7    
evaluations and other analysis to       
support the program under this title2   
and  7,,ii7 other health care related   
research4  7ii7 ,public use data file   
,not later than ,october #a of each year
 7beginning with #bjcj71 the ,secretary 
shall make a public use data file       
containing the data submitted under     
subparagraph 7,a7 available on the      
internet website of the ,centers for    
,medicare  ,medicaid ,services4  7iii7  
,confidentiality ,in making data        
available under this subparagraph1 the  
,secretary shall have in place          
procedures to safeguard the privacy of  
any individually identifiable enrollee  
information4  4  7b7 ,rule of           
construction ,nothing in the amendments 
made by this section shall affect the   
collection of information as proposed   
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