Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Enrollment Extension Act of 2005

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend the 2006 open enrollment period for Medicare prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plans through September 30, 2006.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4723 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4723

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the 2006 open 
enrollment period for Medicare prescription drug plans and MA-PD plans 
                      through September 30, 2006.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 8, 2006

   Mr. Ford introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy 
    and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the 2006 open 
enrollment period for Medicare prescription drug plans and MA-PD plans 
                      through September 30, 2006.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit 
Enrollment Extension Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF THE 2006 OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIOD FOR MEDICARE 
              PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLANS AND MA-PD PLANS.

    (a) Extension of Open Enrollment Period for Medicare Prescription 
Drug Plans.--Section 1860D-1(b)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395w-101(b)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting ``, except that such 
period shall continue through September 30, 2006'' before the period.
    (b) Application to MA-PD Plans.--Section 1851(e)(3)(B)(iii) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-21(e)(3)(B)(iii)) is amended by inserting ``, 
except that in the case of an MA-PD plan, such period shall continue 
though September 30, 2006'' after ``May 15, 2006''.
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