Limiting Medicare eligibility to certain individuals

(a) In general Section 1899C of the Social Security Act is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1), by adding or at the end; (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the semicolon and inserting a period; and (C) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4); and (2) in subsection (b), by striking in any of paragraphs (1) through (4) and inserting in paragraph (1) or (2). (b) Special application rule for certain individuals In the case of an individual who is entitled to benefits under part A or enrolled under part B of title XVIII the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) as of the date of the enactment of this section but who was not so entitled or enrolled as of the date of the enactment of Public Law 119–21, such individual shall be deemed to have been so entitled or enrolled as of the date of the enactment of such Public Law for purposes of section 1899C(b) of such Act.