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103 STAT. 2584 CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—NOV. 22, 1989 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1905(p) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(p)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (3)(C)— (A) by striking "Subject to paragraph (4), deductibles" .-• and inserting "Deductibles", and (B) by striking "1813, section 1833(b)" and all that follows and inserting "1813 and section 1833(b))."; and (2) by striking paragraph (4) and redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (4). (c) EFFECTIVE DATE,—The provisions of this section shall take effect January 1, 1990. SEC. 202. REPEAL OF CHANGES IN MEDICARE PART B MONTHLY PREMIUM AND FINANCING. (a) IN GENERAL.—Sections 211 through 213 (other than sections 211(b) and 211(c)(3)(B)) of MCCA are repealed and the provisions of law amended or repealed by such sections are restored or revised as if such sections had not been enacted. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE. —The provisions of subsection (a) shall take effect January 1, 1990, and the repeal of section 211 of MCCA shall apply to premiums for months beginning after December 31, 1989. SEC. 203. AMENDMENT OF CERTAIN MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. (a) REVISION OF MEDIGAP REGULATIONS. — (1) IN GENERAL.— Section 1882 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ss), as amended by section 221(d) of MCCA, is amended— (A) in the third sentence of subsection (a) and in subsec- ^ tion (b)(D, by striking "subsection (k)(3)" and inserting "subsections (k)(3), (k)(4), (m), and (n)"; (B) in subsection (k)— (i) in paragraph (I)(A), by inserting "except as pro- vided in subsection (m)," before "subsection (g)(2)(A)", and (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking "subsection (1)" and inserting "subsections (1), (m), and (n)"; and (C) by adding at the end the following new subsections: "(m)(l)(A) If, within the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this subsection, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (in this subsection and subsection (n) referred to as the 'Association') revises the amended NAIC Model Regulation (re- ferred to in subsection (k)(l)(A) and adopted on September 20, 1988) to improve such regulation and otherwise to reflect the changes in law made by the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act of 1989, subsection (g)(2)(A) shall be applied in a State, effective on and after the date specified in subparagraph (B), as if the reference to the Model Regulation adopted on June 6, 1979, were a reference to the amended NAIC Model Regulation (referred to in subsection (k)(l)(A)) as revised by the Association in accordance with this paragraph (in this subsection and subsection (n) referred to as the revised NAIC Model Regulation'). "(B) The date specified in this subparagraph for a State is the earlier of the date the State adopts standards equal to or more stringent than the revised NAIC Model Regulation or one year after the date the Association first adopts such revised Regulation. "(2)(A) If the Association does not revise the amended NAIC Model Regulation, within the 90-day period specified in paragraph (I)(A), the Secretary shall promulgate, not later than 60 days after