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42 U.S.C. 1395b-3: Health insurance advisory service for medicare beneficiaries

Created in 1990 by Public Law 101-508. Changed by 1 later law. 3 new laws this Congress changed it.

This Congress

  • H.R. 7148 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 · became law · changed (xiv), (xv), (xvi)
  • H.R. 5371 Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 · became law · changed (xiii), (xiv), (xv)
  • H.R. 1968 Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 · became law · changed the section as a whole

How it got here

2003

  • Pub. L. 108–173 substituted "Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services" for "Health Care Financing Administration". (Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003) Law text · (d)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.