124 STAT. 506 PUBLIC LAW 111–148—MAR. 23, 2010 ‘‘(l) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: ‘‘(1) BOARD; CHAIRPERSON; MEMBER.—The terms ‘Board’, ‘Chairperson’, and ‘Member’ mean the Independent Medicare Advisory Board established under subsection (a) and the Chair- person and any Member thereof, respectively. ‘‘(2) MEDICARE.—The term ‘Medicare’ means the program established under this title, including parts A, B, C, and D. ‘‘(3) MEDICARE BENEFICIARY.—The term ‘Medicare bene- ficiary’ means an individual who is entitled to, or enrolled for, benefits under part A or enrolled for benefits under part B. ‘‘(4) MEDICARE PROGRAM SPENDING.—The term ‘Medicare program spending’ means program spending under parts A, B, and D net of premiums. ‘‘(m) FUNDING.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are appropriated to the Board to carry out its duties and functions— ‘‘(A) for fiscal year 2012, $15,000,000; and ‘‘(B) for each subsequent fiscal year, the amount appro- priated under this paragraph for the previous fiscal year increased by the annual percentage increase in the Con- sumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (all items; United States city average) as of June of the previous fiscal year. ‘‘(2) FROM TRUST FUNDS.—Sixty percent of amounts appro- priated under paragraph (1) shall be derived by transfer from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund under section 1817 and 40 percent of amounts appropriated under such paragraph shall be derived by transfer from the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund under section 1841.’’. (2) LOBBYING COOLING-OFF PERIOD FOR MEMBERS OF THE INDEPENDENT MEDICARE ADVISORY BOARD.—Section 207(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the following: ‘‘(3) MEMBERS OF THE INDEPENDENT MEDICARE ADVISORY BOARD.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) shall apply to a member of the Independent Medicare Advisory Board under section 1899A. ‘‘(B) AGENCIES AND CONGRESS.—For purposes of para- graph (1), the agency in which the individual described in subparagraph (A) served shall be considered to be the Independent Medicare Advisory Board, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the relevant committees of jurisdiction of Congress, including the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Energy and Com- merce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate.’’. (b) GAO STUDY AND REPORT ON DETERMINATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PAYMENT AND COVERAGE POLICIES UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.— (1) INITIAL STUDY AND REPORT.— (A) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United States (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Comptroller Gen- eral’’) shall conduct a study on changes to payment policies, methodologies, and rates and coverage policies and meth- odologies under the Medicare program under title XVIII 42 USC 1395kkk–1. Applicability.
