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All TitlesTitle 42Chapter 7Subchapter XVIIIPart B
§ 1395v.
Agreements with States
(a)
Duty of Secretary; enrollment of eligible individuals
(b)
Coverage of groups to which applicable
An agreement entered into with any State pursuant to subsection (a) may be applicable to either of the following coverage groups:
(1)
individuals receiving money payments under the plan of such State approved under subchapter I or subchapter XVI; or
(2)
individuals receiving money payments under all of the plans of such State approved under subchapters I, X, XIV, and XVI, and part A of subchapter IV.
Except as provided in subsection (g), there shall be excluded from any coverage group any individual who is entitled to monthly insurance benefits under subchapter II or who is entitled to receive an annuity under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 [45 U.S.C. 231 et seq.]. Effective January 1, 1974, and subject to section 1396a(f) of this title, the Secretary shall, at the request of any State not eligible to participate in the State plan program established under subchapter XVI, continue in effect the agreement entered into under this section with such State subject to such modifications as the Secretary may by regulations provide to take account of the termination of any plans of such State approved under subchapters I, X, XIV, and XVI and the establishment of the supplemental security income program under subchapter XVI.
(c)
Eligible individuals
(d)
Monthly premiums; coverage periods
In the case of any individual enrolled pursuant to this section—
(1)
the monthly premium to be paid by the State shall be determined under section 1395r of this title (without any increase under subsection (b) thereof);
(2)
his coverage period shall begin on whichever of the following is the latest:
(A)
July 1, 1966;
(B)
the first day of the third month following the month in which the State agreement is entered into;
(C)
the first day of the first month in which he is both an eligible individual and a member of a coverage group specified in the agreement under this section; or
(D)
such date as may be specified in the agreement; and
(3)
his coverage period attributable to the agreement with the State under this section shall end on the last day of whichever of the following first occurs:
(A)
the month in which he is determined by the State agency to have become ineligible both for money payments of a kind specified in the agreement and (if there is in effect a modification entered into under subsection (h)) for medical assistance, or
(B)
the month preceding the first month for which he becomes entitled to monthly benefits under subchapter II or to an annuity or pension under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 [45 U.S.C. 231 et seq.].
(e)
Subsection (d)(3) terminations deemed resulting in section 1395p enrollment
(f)
“Carrier” as including State agency; provisions facilitating deductions, coinsurance, etc., and leading to economy and efficiency of operation
(g)
Subsection (b) exclusions from coverage groups
(1)
The Secretary shall, at the request of a State made before January 1, 1970, or during 1981 or after 1988, enter into a modification of an agreement entered into with such State pursuant to subsection (a) under which the second sentence of subsection (b) shall not apply with respect to such agreement.
(2)
In the case of any individual who would (but for this subsection) be excluded from the applicable coverage group described in subsection (b) by the second sentence of such subsection—
(A)
subsections (c) and (d)(2) shall be applied as if such subsections referred to the modification under this subsection (in lieu of the agreement under subsection (a)), and
(B)
subsection (d)(3)(B) shall not apply so long as there is in effect a modification entered into by the State under this subsection.
(h)
Modifications respecting subsection (b) coverage groups
(1)
The Secretary shall, at the request of a State made before January 1, 1970, or during 1981 or after 1988, enter into a modification of an agreement entered into with such State pursuant to subsection (a) under which the coverage group described in subsection (b) and specified in such agreement is broadened to include (A) individuals who are eligible to receive medical assistance under the plan of such State approved under subchapter XIX, or (B) qualified medicare beneficiaries (as defined in section 1396d(p)(1) of this title).
(2)
For purposes of this section, an individual shall be treated as eligible to receive medical assistance under the plan of the State approved under subchapter XIX if, for the month in which the modification is entered into under this subsection or for any month thereafter, he has been determined to be eligible to receive medical assistance under such plan. In the case of any individual who would (but for this subsection) be excluded from the agreement, subsections (c) and (d)(2) shall be applied as if they referred to the modification under this subsection (in lieu of the agreement under subsection (a)), and subsection (d)(2)(C) shall be applied (except in the case of qualified medicare beneficiaries, as defined in section 1396d(p)(1) of this title) by substituting “second month following the first month” for “first month”.
(3)
In this subsection, the term “qualified medicare beneficiary” also includes an individual described in section 1396a(a)(10)(E)(iii) of this title.
(i)
Enrollment of qualified medicare beneficiaries
(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XVIII, § 1843, as added Pub. L. 89–97, title I, § 102(a), July 30, 1965, 79 Stat. 312; amended Pub. L. 89–384, § 4(a), (b), Apr. 8, 1966, 80 Stat. 105; Pub. L. 90–248, title II, §§ 222(a), (b), (e), 241(e), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 900, 901, 917; Pub. L. 93–233, § 18(l), Dec. 31, 1973, 87 Stat. 970; Pub. L. 93–445, title III, § 308, Oct. 16, 1974, 88 Stat. 1358; Pub. L. 96–499, title IX, §§ 945(e), 947(a), (c), Dec. 5, 1980, 94 Stat. 2642, 2643; Pub. L. 98–21, title VI, § 606(a)(3)(E), Apr. 20, 1983, 97 Stat. 171; Pub. L. 98–369, div. B, title III, § 2354(b)(15), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1101; Pub. L. 100–360, title III, § 301(e)(1), July 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 749; Pub. L. 100–485, title VI, § 608(d)(14)(H), Oct. 13, 1988, 102 Stat. 2416; Pub. L. 101–239, title VI, § 6013(b), Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 2164; Pub. L. 101–508, title IV, § 4501(d), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–165.)
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