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PUBLIC LAW 89-97-JULY 30, 1965

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" (3) a separate report with respect to the supplementary medical insurance program established by part B of title X VIII and of the financing thereof. After the date of the transmittal to the Congress of the reports required by this subsection, the Council shall cease to exist." (b) Effective January 1, 1966, section 116(e) of the Social Security Amendments of 1956 is repealed. M E A N I N G OF T E R M " SECRETARY "

SEC. 110. As used in this Act, and in the provisions of the Social Security Act amended by this Act, the term "Secretary", unless the context otherwise requires, means the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. ROLE OF THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD I N THE ADMINISTRATION H O S P I T A L INSURANCE FOR THE AGED Ante, p. 332.

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SEC. 111. (a) The first sentence of section 1874(a) of the Social Security Act is amended to read as follows: "Except as otherwise provided in this title and in the Kailroad Retirement Act of 1937, the insurance programs established by this title shall be administered by the Secreta^v." (b)(1) Section 21 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 (as added by section 105 of this Act) is amended to read as follows: uH O S P I T A L INSURANCE B E N E F I T S FOR THE AGED

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291, 313.

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45 USC 228f. 45 USC 228c.

"SEC. 21. (a) For the purposes of this section, the Board shall have the same authority to determine the rights of individuals described in subsection (b) of this section to have payments made on their behalf for hospital insurance benefits consisting of inpatient hospital services, post-hospital extended care services, post-hospital home health services, and outpatient hospital diagnostic services (all hereinafter referred to as 'services') under section 226, and parts A and C of title X VIII, of the Social Security Act as the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare has under such section and such parts with respect to individuals to whom such section and such parts apply. For purposes of section 11, a determination with respect to the rights of an individual under this section shall, except in the case of a provider of services, be considered to be a decision with respect to an annuity. "(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, every individual who— "(1) has attained age 65, and " (2)(A) is entitled to an annuity under this Act, or (B) would be entitled to such an annuity had he ceased compensated service and, in the case of a spouse, had such spouse's husband or wife ceased compensated service, or (C) had been awarded a pension under section 6, or (D) bears a relationship to an employee which, by reasou of section 3(e), has been, or would be, taken into account in calculating the amount of an annuity of such employee or his survivors, shall be certified to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare as a qualified railroad retirement beneficiary under section 226 of the Social Security Act. "(c) The Board and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall furnish each other with such information, records, and doc-

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