Moratorium on implementation of rule relating to eligibility and enrollment in Medicare Savings Programs

(a) In general The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall not, during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this section and ending September 30, 2034, implement, administer, or enforce the amendments made by the provisions of the final rule published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on September 21, 2023, and titled Streamlining Medicaid; Medicare Savings Program Eligibility Determination and Enrollment (88 Fed. Reg. 65230) to the following sections of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations: (1) Section 406.21(c). (2) Section 435.4. (3) Section 435.601. (4) Section 435.911. (5) Section 435.952. (b) Implementation funding For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this section and section 71102, there are appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2026, to remain available until expended.