US Congress Senate Bill 1280 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on May 2 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Makes a series of changes to, and requires additional notifications regarding, the Medicare enrollment process. Specifically, the bill changes the Medicare general enrollment period to October 15-December 31, and requires coverage to begin on the first day of the month following enrollment. (Currently, the general enrollment period is January 1-March 31, and coverage begins July 1.) The bill also generally requires coverage to begin on the first day of the month following enrollment for individuals who enroll in the latter months of their initial enrollment period. (Currently, the longer an individual waits to enroll, the more delayed the effective date of coverage.) The bill also requires Social Security account statements for individuals ages 60 to 64 to include information about Medicare eligibility, late enrollment penalties, coordination of benefits, and special enrollment populations (e.g., veterans).

BENES Act of 2019 Beneficiary Enrollment Notification and Eligibility Simplification Act of 2019

Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]
Sen. Rob Portman [R-OH]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Rick Scott [R-FL]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]
Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-02	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB2477 (Same As) 2020-12-09 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1280/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1280/BILLS-116s1280is.pdf