Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Social Security Act, referred to in subsecs. (a)(4), (5), (h)(2), and (l)(3)(D), is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620. Title XVIII of the Act is classified generally to subchapter XVIII (§ 1395 et seq.) of chapter 7 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. Parts A and B of title XVIII of the Act are classified generally to parts A (§ 1395c et seq.) and B (§ 1395j et seq.), respectively, of subchapter XVIII of chapter 7 of Title 42. Sections 1860D–1, 1860D–22, and 1860D–41 are classified to sections 1395w–101, 1395w–132, and 1395w–151, respectively, of Title 42. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of Title 42 and Tables.

The date of enactment of this section, referred to in subsecs. (e)(3)(B), (g)(1), and (l)(2), (6)(A), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 117–108, which was approved Apr. 6, 2022.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Information Sharing and Dissemination Required for Special Enrollment Period and Enforcement of Part B Enrollment Requirements

Pub. L. 117–108, title I, § 101(c), Apr. 6, 2022, 136 Stat. 1137, provided that:

“(1)

Definitions.—

In this subsection, the terms ‘Medicare part A’, ‘Medicare part B’, ‘Office’, ‘Postal Service’, and ‘Postal Service annuitant’ have the meanings given those terms in section 8903c of title 5, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).

“(2)

Information sharing by opm.—

The Office shall, by regulation, establish a process for providing such information as is necessary to the Social Security Administration regarding Postal Service annuitants (and the family members of such annuitants) who may be eligible to enroll under Medicare part B during the special enrollment period described in subsection (o) of section 1837 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395p), as added by subsection (b), or who may be subject to the enrollment requirements described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 8903c(e) of title 5, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).

“(3)

Information sharing by ssa.—

The Social Security Administration shall provide to the Office and the Postal Service information regarding whether a Postal Service annuitant, or a family member of such an annuitant, is entitled to benefits under Medicare part A and enrolled under Medicare part B, to assist the Office and the Postal Service in determining—

“(A)

which Postal Service annuitants, and family members of such annuitants, may be eligible to enroll under Medicare part B during the special enrollment period described in paragraph (2); and

“(B)

whether Postal Service annuitants, and family members of such annuitants, satisfy the enrollment requirements described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 8903c(e) of title 5, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).”

Reimbursement For Periodic SSA Data Sharing

Pub. L. 117–108, title I, § 101(d)(5), Apr. 6, 2022, 136 Stat. 1138, provided that:

“(A)

Inter-agency agreement.—

The Commissioner of Social Security shall enter into an agreement with the Director of the Office under which the Director pays the Commissioner from the Postal Service administrative reserve the full costs (including systems and administrative costs) of providing the information described in subsection (c)(3) [of section 101 of Pub. L. 117–108, set out in a note above] for the purpose set forth in subsection (c)(3)(B).

“(B)

Report to congress.—

The Director of the Office—

“(i)

shall report the amount paid under subparagraph (A) annually to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Reform [now Committee on Oversight and Accountability] of the House of Representatives; and

“(ii)

may satisfy the requirement under clause (i) by including the amount paid under subparagraph (A) in any other annual report submitted to Congress.”

[For definition of “Postal Service” as used in section 101(d)(5) of Pub. L. 117–108, set out above, see section 102 of Title 39, Postal Service, as made applicable by section 2(b) of Pub. L. 117–108, which is set out as a note under section 501 of Title 39.]