Veterans Medicare Premium Transparency Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10012 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10012

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Medicare 
 & You handbook to provide information on the impacts of enrollment in 
the patient enrollment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs on 
               Medicare premiums, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 2026

Mr. Williams of Texas (for himself and Mr. Bean of Florida) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and 
 Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 
 Veterans' Affairs, 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 require the Medicare 
 & You handbook to provide information on the impacts of enrollment in 
the patient enrollment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs on 
               Medicare premiums, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Veterans Medicare Premium 
Transparency Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPLANATION OF MEDICARE BENEFITS FOR VETERANS.

    (a) Explanation of Medicare Benefits in Annual Notice.--Section 
1804 of title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395b-2) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) A notice provided under subsection (a) on or after the date 
of enactment of the Veterans Medicare Premium Transparency Act shall 
include an explanation of how enrollment in the patient enrollment 
system of the Department of Veterans Affairs established and operated 
under section 1705 of title 38, United States Code, impacts the 
calculation of the monthly premium of an individual enrolled under part 
B and the monthly premium for a prescription drug plan under part D, 
including a clear explanation that--
            ``(1) months for which an individual is enrolled in the 
        patient enrollment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
        established and operated under section 1705 of title 38, United 
        States Code, shall be taken into account for the purposes of 
        determining the monthly premium of such individual under 
        section 1839(b); and
            ``(2) enrollment in such patient enrollment system is 
        creditable prescription drug coverage under section 1860D-
        13(b).''.
    (b) Notice of Medicare Benefits Online.--The Secretary of Health 
and Human Services shall make available on the Medicare.gov internet 
website (or a successor website) and any other website of the 
Department of Health and Human Services, as determined relevant by the 
Secretary, the information described in subsection (e) of section 1804 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395b-2), as amended by this 
section.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit to Congress a report that 
includes--
            (1) a summary of the updates made to publications of the 
        Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to subsection 
        (e) of section 1804 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1395b-2), as amended by this section, and subsection (b); and
            (2) an estimate of the number of veterans who--
                    (A) were paying an increased monthly premium under 
                section 1839(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
                1395r(b)) as of the date of enactment of this Act; and
                    (B) were at any point enrolled in the patient 
                enrollment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
                established and operated under section 1705 of title 
                38, United States Code.
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