103 STAT. 1984 PUBLIC LAW 101-234—DEC. 13, 1989 42 USC 1395mm note. 42 USC 1395b-2 note. 1990. For purposes of the previous sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year legislative session, each year of such session shall be deemed to be a separate regular session of the State legislature. "(5) In the case of a medicare supplemental policy in effect on January 1, 1990, the policy shall not be deemed to meet the stand- ards in subsection (c) unless each individual who is entitled to benefits under this title and is a policyholder or certificate holder under such policy on such date is sent a notice in an appropriate form by not later than January 31, 1990, that explains— "(A) the changes in benefits under this title effected by the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act of 1989, and "(B) how these changes may affect the benefits contained in such policy and the premium for the policy. "(6)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), in the case of an individual who had in effect, as of December 31, 1988, a medicare supplemental policy with an insurer (as a policyholder or, in the case of a group policy, as a certificate holder) and the individual terminated coverage under such policy before the date of the enact- ment of this subsection, no medicare supplemental policy of the insurer shall be deemed to meet the standards in subsection (c) unless the insurer— "(i) provides written notice, no earlier than December 15, 1989, and no later than January 30, 1990, to the policyholder or certificate holder (at the most recent available address) of the offer described in clause (ii), and "(ii) offers the individual, during a period of at least 60 days beginning not later than February 1, 1990, reinstitution of coverage (with coverage effective as of January 1, 1990), under the terms which (I) do not provide for any waiting period with respect to treatment of pre-existing conditions, (II) provides for coverage which is substantially equivalent to coverage in effect before the date of such termination, and (III) provides for classification of premiums on which terms are at least as favor- able to the policyholder or certificate holder as the premium classification terms that would have applied to the policyholder or certificate holder had the coverage never terminated. "(B) An insurer is not required to make the offer under subpara- graph (A)(ii) in the case of an individual who is a policyholder or certificate holder in another medicare supplemental policy as of the date of the enactment of this subsection, if (as of January 1, 1990) the individual is not subject to a waiting period with respect to treatment of a pre-existing condition under such other policy.". (b) ADJUSTMENT OF CONTRACTS WITH PREPAID HEALTH PLANS. — Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the amendments made by this Act (other than the repeal of sections 1833(c)(5) and 1834(c)(6) of the Social Security Act) shall not apply to risk-sharing contracts, for contract year 1990— (1) with eligible organizations under section 1876 of the Social Security Act, or (2) with health maintenance organizations under section 1876(i)(2)(A) of such Act (as in effect before February 1, 1985), under section 402(a) of the Social Security Amendments of 1967, or under section 222(a) of the Social Security Amendments of 1972. (c) NOTICE OF CHANGES.— The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide, in the notice of medicare benefits provided under section 1804 of the Social Security Act for 1990, for a descrip-
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