PUBLIC LAW 108–173—DEC. 8, 2003
117 STAT. 2197
‘‘(iv) APPLICATION OF PART B PREMIUM REDUCTION.—Insofar as an MA organization elects to provide a rebate under this subparagraph under a plan as a credit toward the part B premium under clause (ii)(III), the Secretary shall apply such credit to reduce the premium under section 1839 of each enrollee in such plan as provided in section 1840(i).’’. (2) REVISION OF PREMIUM TERMINOLOGY.—Section 1854(b)(2) (42 U.S.C. 1395w–24(b)(2)) is amended— (A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘AND BID’’ after ‘‘PREMIUM’’; (B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); (C) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the following: ‘‘(A) MA MONTHLY BASIC BENEFICIARY PREMIUM.—The term ‘MA monthly basic beneficiary premium’ means, with respect to an MA plan— ‘‘(i) described in section 1853(a)(1)(B)(i) (relating to plans providing rebates), zero; or ‘‘(ii) described in section 1853(a)(1)(B)(ii), the amount (if any) by which the unadjusted MA statutory non-drug monthly bid amount (as defined in subparagraph (E)) exceeds the applicable unadjusted MA areaspecific non-drug monthly benchmark amount (as defined in section 1853(j)). ‘‘(B) MA MONTHLY PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFICIARY PREMIUM.—The term ‘MA monthly prescription drug beneficiary premium’ means, with respect to an MA plan, the base beneficiary premium (as determined under section 1860D–13(a)(2) and as adjusted under section 1860D– 13(a)(1)(B)), less the amount of rebate credited toward such amount under section 1854(b)(1)(C)(ii)(II). ‘‘(C) MA MONTHLY SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFICIARY PREMIUM.—The term ‘MA monthly supplemental beneficiary premium’ means, with respect to an MA plan, the portion of the aggregate monthly bid amount submitted under clause (i) of subsection (a)(6)(A) for the year that is attributable under clause (ii)(III) of such subsection to the provision of supplemental health care benefits, less the amount of rebate credited toward such portion under section 1854(b)(1)(C)(ii)(I).’’; and (D) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(E) UNADJUSTED MA STATUTORY NON-DRUG MONTHLY BID AMOUNT.—The term ‘unadjusted MA statutory nondrug monthly bid amount’ means the portion of the bid amount submitted under clause (i) of subsection (a)(6)(A) for the year that is attributable under clause (ii)(I) of such subsection to the provision of benefits under the original medicare fee-for-service program option (as defined in section 1852(a)(1)(B)).’’. (3) COMPUTATION OF SAVINGS.—Section 1854(b) (42 U.S.C. 1395w–24(b)) is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: ‘‘(3) COMPUTATION OF AVERAGE PER CAPITA MONTHLY SAVINGS FOR LOCAL PLANS.—For purposes of paragraph (1)(C)(i),
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