Sec. 3. Computation of cost-of-living increases

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II Section 215(i) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 415(i) ) is amended— in paragraph (1)(G), by inserting before the period the following: , and, solely with respect to any monthly insurance benefit payable under this title to an individual who has attained age 62, effective for adjustments under this subsection to the primary insurance amount on which such benefit is based (or to any such benefit under section 227 or 228) occurring after such individual attains such age, the applicable Consumer Price Index shall be deemed to be the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers and such primary insurance amount shall be deemed adjusted under this subsection using such Index ; and in paragraph (4), by striking and by section 9001 and inserting , by section 9001 , and by inserting after 1986, the following: and by section 3(a) of the .

Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2013 , Section 215(i)(1)(C) of such Act, as in effect in December 1978 and applied in certain cases under the provisions of such Act in effect after December 1978, is amended by inserting before the period the following: , and, solely with respect to any monthly insurance benefit payable under this title to an individual who has attained age 62, effective for adjustments under this subsection to the primary insurance amount on which such benefit is based (or to any such benefit under section 227 or 228) occurring after such individual attains such age, the applicable Consumer Price Index shall be deemed to be the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers and such primary insurance amount shall be deemed adjusted under this subsection using such Index .

The amendments made by paragraph

(1)shall apply to determinations made with respect to cost-of-living computation quarters ending on or after September 30 of the second calendar year following the calendar year in which this Act is enacted. Title XVIII of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq. ) is amended— in section 1814(i)(2)(B) ( 42 U.S.C. 1395f(i)(2)(B) ), by inserting

(i)for accounting years ending before October 1 of the second calendar year following the calendar year in which the after Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2013 was enacted, for a year is , and by inserting after fifth month of the accounting year the following: , and

(ii)for accounting years ending after October 1 of such calendar year, the cap amount determined under clause

(i)for the last accounting year referred to in such clause, increased or decreased by the same percentage as the percentage increase or decrease, respectively, in the medical care expenditure category (or corresponding category) of the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, from March of such calendar year to the fifth month of the accounting year ; in section 1821(c)(2)(C)(ii)(II) ( 42 U.S.C. 1395i–5(c)(2)(C)(ii)(II) ), by striking consumer price index for all urban consumers (all items; United States city average) and inserting Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers ; in section 1833(h)(2)(A)(i) ( 42 U.S.C. 1395l(h)(2)(A)(i) ) by striking Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (United States city average) and inserting Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers ; in section 1833(i)(2)(C)(i) ( 42 U.S.C. 1395l(i)(2)(C)(i) ), by striking Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (U.S. city average) and inserting Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers ; in section 1834(a)(14)(L) ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(a)(14)(L) ), by striking consumer price index for all urban consumers (U.S. urban average) and inserting applicable consumer price index ; in section 1834(h)(4)(A)(xi)(I) ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(h)(4)(A)(xi)(I) ), by striking consumer price index for all urban consumers (United States city average) and inserting Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers ; in section 1834(l)(3)(B) ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(l)(3)(B) ), by striking consumer price index for all urban consumers (U.S. city average) and inserting Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers ; in section 1839(i)(5)(A)(ii) ( 42 U.S.C. 1395r(i)(5)(A)(ii) ), by striking Consumer Price Index (United States city average) and inserting Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers ; in section 1842(s)(1)(B)(ii)(I) (42 U.S.C. 1395u(s)(1)(B)(ii)(I)), by striking consumer price index for all urban consumers (United States city average) and inserting Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers ; in each of subparagraphs (D)(ii) and (E)(i)(II) of section 1860D–14(a)(3) (42 U.S.C. 1395w–114(a)(3)) and in section 1860D–14(a)(4)(A)(ii) (42 U.S.C. 1395w–114(a)(4)(A)(ii)), by striking consumer price index (all items; U.S. city average) and inserting Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers ; in section 1882(p)(11)(C)(ii) ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ss(p)(11)(C)(ii) ), by striking Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (all items; U.S. city average) and inserting Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers ; in each of clauses

(iv)and (vi)(II) of section 1886(h)(2)(E) ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(h)(2)(E) ), by striking for all urban consumers ; and in section 1886(h)(5)(B) ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(h)(5)(B) ), by striking Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (United States city average) and inserting Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers . The amendments made by paragraph

(1)shall apply with respect to determinations made for periods ending after December 31 of the second calendar year following the calendar year in which this Act was enacted.

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