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 114 STAT. 2763A-562 PUBLIC LAW 106-554—APPENDIX F "(i) MEDICARE+CHOICE PROGRAM COMPATIBILITY WITH EMPLOYER OR UNION GROUP HEALTH PLANS.— To facilitate the offering of Medicare+Choice plans under contracts between Medicare+Choice organizations and employers, labor organizations, or the trustees of a fund established by one or more employers or labor organizations (or combination thereof) to furnish benefits to the entity's employees, former employees (or combination thereof) or members or former members (or combination thereof) of the labor organizations, the Secretary may waive or modify requirements that hinder the design of, the offering of, or the enrollment in such Medicare+Choice plans.". (b) EFFECTIVE DATE. —The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to years beginning with 2001. SEC. 618. SPECIAL MEDIGAP ENROLLMENT ANTIDISCRIMINATION PROVISION FOR CERTAIN BENEFICIARIES. (a) DiSENROLLMENT WINDOW IN ACCORDANCE WiTH BENE- FICIARY'S CIRCUMSTANCE.— Section 1882(s)(3) (42 U.S.C. 1395ss(s)(3)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), in the matter following clause (iii), by striking ", subject to subparagraph (E), seeks to enroll under the policy not later than 63 days after the date of the termination of enrollment described in such subparagraph" and inserting "seeks to enroll under the policy during the period specified in subparagraph (E)"; and (2) by striking subparagraph (E) and inserting the following new subparagraph: "(E) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the time period specified in this subparagraph is— "(i) in the case of an individual described in subparagraph (B)(i), the period beginning on the date the individual receives a notice of termination or cessation of all supplemental health benefits (or, if no such notice is received, notice that a claim has been denied because of such a termination or cessation) and ending on the date that is 63 days after the applicable notice; "(ii) in the case of an individual described in clause (ii), (iii), (v), or (vi) of subparagraph (B) whose enrollment is terminated involuntarily, the period beginning on the date that the individual receives a notice of termination and ending on the date that is 63 days after the date the applicable coverage is terminated; "(iii) in the case of an individual described in subparagraph (B)(iv)(I), the period beginning on the earlier of (I) the date that the individual receives a notice of termination, a notice of the issuer's bankruptcy or insolvency, or other such similar notice, if any, and (II) the date that the applicable coverage is terminated, and ending on the date that is 63 days after the date the coverage is terminated; "(iv) in the case of an individual described in clause (ii), (iii), (iv)(II), (iv)(III), (v), or (vi) of subparagraph (B) who disenrolls voluntarily, the period beginning on the date that is 60 days before the effective date of the disenrollment and ending on the date that is 63 days after such effective date; and "(v) in the case of an individual described in subparagraph (B) but not described in the preceding provisions of this

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