Medicare Late Enrollment Assistance Act of 2006
Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate months in 2006 from the calculation of any late enrollment penalty under the Medicare part … Show full official titleShow less
Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate months in 2006 from the calculation of any late enrollment penalty under the Medicare part D prescription drug program and to provide for additional funding for State health insurance counseling program and area agencies on aging, and for other purposes.
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Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 434.
Medicare Late Enrollment Assistance Act of 2006 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to eliminate months in 2006 from the calculation of any late enrollment penalty under Medicare part D.
Makes appropriations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for FY2007 to: (1) make grants to states for state health insurance counseling programs receiving assistance under the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1990; and (2) enable the Assistant Secretary on Aging to provide grants to states for area agencies on aging to provide eligible Medicare beneficiaries with Medicare benefits information.
Amends SSA title XVIII to set additional limitations on the total amount of expenditures from the Medicare Advantage Regional Plan Stabilization Fund for periods prior to October 1, 2007, and between October 1, 2007, and September 30, 2011.
- Placed on Calendar Senate Formatted Text PDF
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2810: Medicare Late Enrollment Assistance Act of 2006. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2810/
"S. 2810: Medicare Late Enrollment Assistance Act of 2006." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2810/.
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