118 STAT. 3467 PUBLIC LAW 108–448—DEC. 8, 2004 Public Law 108–448 108th Congress An Act To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend medicare cost-sharing for the medicare part B premium for qualifying individuals through September 2005. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF MEDICARE COST-SHARING FOR THE MEDI- CARE PART B PREMIUM FOR QUALIFYING INDIVID- UALS. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1902(a)(10)(E)(iv) of the Social Secu- rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(E)(iv)) is amended by striking ‘‘2004’’ and inserting ‘‘2005’’. (b) TOTAL AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR ALLOCATION.—Section 1933(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396u–3(g)) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(g) SPECIAL RULES.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to each period described in paragraph (2), a State shall select qualifying individuals, subject to paragraph (3), and provide such individuals with assistance, in accordance with the provisions of this section as in effect with respect to calendar year 2003, except that for such purpose— ‘‘(A) references in the preceding subsections of this section to a year, whether fiscal or calendar, shall be deemed to be references to such period; and ‘‘(B) the total allocation amount under subsection (c) for such period shall be the amount described in paragraph (2) for that period. ‘‘(2) PERIODS AND TOTAL ALLOCATION AMOUNTS DESCRIBED.—For purposes of this subsection— ‘‘(A) for the period that begins on January 1, 2004, and ends on September 30, 2004, the total allocation amount is $300,000,000; ‘‘(B) for the period that begins on October 1, 2004, and ends on December 31, 2004, the total allocation amount is $100,000,000; and ‘‘(C) for the period that begins on January 1, 2005, and ends on September 30, 2005, the total allocation amount is $300,000,000. ‘‘(3) RULES FOR PERIODS THAT BEGIN AFTER JANUARY 1.— For any specific period described in subparagraph (B) of para- graph (2), the following applies: ‘‘(A) The specific period shall be treated as a continu- ation of the immediately preceding period in that calendar Dec. 8, 2004 [S. 2618] VerDate 11-MAY-2000 13:54 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.001 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4
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