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1 purpose of a State’s obligation under section
2 1902(a)(8) to furnish medical assistance with
3 reasonable promptness, the date of the elec-
4 tronic transmission of low-income subsidy pro-
5 gram data, as described in section 1144(c),
6 from the Commissioner of Social Security to the
7 State Medicaid Agency, shall constitute the date
8 of filing of such application for benefits under
9 the Medicare Savings Program.
10 ‘‘(C) DETERMINING AVAILABILITY OF

11 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.—For the purpose of de-

12 termining when medical assistance will be made
13 available, the State shall consider the date of
14 the individual’s application for the low income
15 subsidy program to constitute the date of filing
16 for benefits under the Medicare Savings Pro-
17 gram.’’.
18 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE RELATING TO MEDICAID
19 AGENCY CONSIDERATION OF LOW-INCOME SUBSIDY AP-
20 PLICATION AND DATA TRANSMITTAL.—The amendments
21 made by subsections (a) and (b) shall be effective as if
22 included in the enactment of section 113(b) of Public Law
23 110–275.
24 (d) TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO SECTION 605 OF

25 CHIPRA.—Section 605 of the Children’s Health Insur-

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1 ance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (Public Law
2 111–3) is amended by striking ‘‘legal residents’’ and in-
3 serting ‘‘lawfully residing in the United States’’.
4 (e) TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO SECTION 1905 OF

5 THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—Section 1905(a) of the So-

6 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)) is amended by in-
7 serting ‘‘or the care and services themselves, or both’’ be-
8 fore ‘‘(if provided in or after’’.
9 (f) CLARIFYING AMENDMENT TO SECTION 1115 OF

10 THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—Section 1115(a) of the So-

11 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315(a)) is amended by add-
12 ing at the end the following: ‘‘If an experimental, pilot,
13 or demonstration project that relates to title XIX is ap-
14 proved pursuant to any part of this subsection, such
15 project shall be treated as part of the State plan, all med-
16 ical assistance provided on behalf of any individuals af-
17 fected by such project shall be medical assistance provided
18 under the State plan, and all provisions of this Act not
19 explicitly waived in approving such project shall remain
20 fully applicable to all individuals receiving benefits under
21 the State plan.’’.
22 SEC. 1782. EXTENSION OF QI PROGRAM.

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1902(a)(10)(E)(iv) of the

24 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(a)(10)(E)(iv)) is
25 amended—

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1 (1) by striking ‘‘sections 1933 and’’ and by in-
2 serting ‘‘section’’; and
3 (2) by striking ‘‘December 2010’’ and inserting
4 ‘‘December 2012’’.
5 (b) ELIMINATION OF FUNDING LIMITATION.—
6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1933 of such Act
7 (42 U.S.C. 1396u–3) is amended—
8 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘who are
9 selected to receive such assistance under sub-
10 section (b)’’;
11 (B) by striking subsections (b), (c), (e),
12 and (g);
13 (C) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘fur-
14 nished in a State’’ and all that follows and in-
15 serting ‘‘the Federal medical assistance percent-
16 age shall be equal to 100 percent.’’; and
17 (D) by redesignating subsections (d) and
18 (f) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively.
19 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section

20 1905(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(b)) is amend-

21 ed by striking ‘‘1933(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘1933(b)’’.
22 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
23 by paragraph (1) shall take effect on January 1,
24 2011.

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1 TITLE VIII—REVENUE-RELATED
2 PROVISIONS
3 SEC. 1801. DISCLOSURES TO FACILITATE IDENTIFICATION

4 OF INDIVIDUALS LIKELY TO BE INELIGIBLE

5 FOR THE LOW-INCOME ASSISTANCE UNDER

6 THE MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRO-

7 GRAM TO ASSIST SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINIS-

8 TRATION’S OUTREACH TO ELIGIBLE INDIVID-

9 UALS.

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (19) of section 6103(l)

11 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read
12 as follows:
13 ‘‘(19) DISCLOSURES TO FACILITATE IDENTI-

14 FICATION OF INDIVIDUALS LIKELY TO BE INELI-

15 GIBLE FOR LOW-INCOME SUBSIDIES UNDER MEDI-

16 CARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PROGRAM TO ASSIST SO-

17 CIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION’S OUTREACH TO

18 ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Upon written request

20 from the Commissioner of Social Security, the
21 following return information (including such in-
22 formation disclosed to the Social Security Ad-
23 ministration under paragraph (1) or (5)) shall
24 be disclosed to officers and employees of the So-
25 cial Security Administration, with respect to

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1 any taxpayer identified by the Commissioner of
2 Social Security—
3 ‘‘(i) return information for the appli-
4 cable year from returns with respect to
5 wages (as defined in section 3121(a) or
6 3401(a)) and payments of retirement in-
7 come (as described in paragraph (1) of this
8 subsection),
9 ‘‘(ii) unearned income information
10 and income information of the taxpayer
11 from partnerships, trusts, estates, and sub-
12 chapter S corporations for the applicable
13 year,
14 ‘‘(iii) if the individual filed an income
15 tax return for the applicable year, the fil-
16 ing status, number of dependents, income
17 from farming, and income from self-em-
18 ployment, on such return,
19 ‘‘(iv) if the individual is a married in-
20 dividual filing a separate return for the ap-
21 plicable year, the social security number (if
22 reasonably available) of the spouse on such
23 return,
24 ‘‘(v) if the individual files a joint re-
25 turn for the applicable year, the social se-

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1 curity number, unearned income informa-
2 tion, and income information from partner-
3 ships, trusts, estates, and subchapter S
4 corporations of the individual’s spouse on
5 such return, and
6 ‘‘(vi) such other return information
7 relating to the individual (or the individ-
8 ual’s spouse in the case of a joint return)
9 as is prescribed by the Secretary by regula-
10 tion as might indicate that the individual
11 is likely to be ineligible for a low-income
12 prescription drug subsidy under section
13 1860D–14 of the Social Security Act.
14 ‘‘(B) APPLICABLE YEAR.—For the pur-
15 poses of this paragraph, the term ‘applicable
16 year’ means the most recent taxable year for
17 which information is available in the Internal
18 Revenue Service’s taxpayer information records.
19 ‘‘(C) RESTRICTION ON INDIVIDUALS FOR

20 WHOM DISCLOSURE MAY BE REQUESTED.—The

21 Commissioner of Social Security shall request

22 information under this paragraph only with re-
23 spect to—
24 ‘‘(i) individuals the Social Security
25 Administration has identified, using all

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1 other reasonably available information, as
2 likely to be eligible for a low-income pre-
3 scription drug subsidy under section
4 1860D–14 of the Social Security Act and
5 who have not applied for such subsidy, and
6 ‘‘(ii) any individual the Social Security
7 Administration has identified as a spouse
8 of an individual described in clause (i).
9 ‘‘(D) RESTRICTION ON USE OF DISCLOSED

10 INFORMATION.—Return information disclosed

11 under this paragraph may be used only by offi-
12 cers and employees of the Social Security Ad-
13 ministration solely for purposes of identifying
14 individuals likely to be ineligible for a low-in-
15 come prescription drug subsidy under section
16 1860D–14 of the Social Security Act for use in
17 outreach efforts under section 1144 of the So-
18 cial Security Act.’’.
19 (b) SAFEGUARDS.—Paragraph (4) of section 6103(p)
20 of such Code is amended—
21 (1) by striking ‘‘(l)(19)’’ each place it appears,
22 and
23 (2) by striking ‘‘or (17)’’ each place it appears
24 and inserting ‘‘(17), or (19)’’.

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1 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (3) of
2 section 6103(a) of such Code is amended by striking
3 ‘‘(19),’’.
4 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
5 this section shall apply to disclosures made after the date
6 which is 12 months after the date of the enactment of
7 this Act.
8 SEC. 1802. COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH

9 TRUST FUND; FINANCING FOR TRUST FUND.

10 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST FUND.—

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter A of chapter 98
12 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to
13 trust fund code) is amended by adding at the end
14 the following new section:
15 ‘‘SEC. 9511. HEALTH CARE COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS

16 RESEARCH TRUST FUND.

17 ‘‘(a) CREATION OF TRUST FUND.—There is estab-

18 lished in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund
19 to be known as the ‘Health Care Comparative Effective-
20 ness Research Trust Fund’ (hereinafter in this section re-
21 ferred to as the ‘CERTF’), consisting of such amounts
22 as may be appropriated or credited to such Trust Fund
23 as provided in this section and section 9602(b).
24 ‘‘(b) TRANSFERS TO FUND.—There are hereby ap-
25 propriated to the Trust Fund the following:

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