[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR407.17]

[Page 191]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 407--SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL INSURANCE (SMI) ENROLLMENT AND ENTITLEMENT--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart B--Individual Enrollment and Entitlement for SMI
 
Sec. 407.17  Automatic enrollment.

    (a) Who is automatically enrolled. An individual is automatically 
enrolled for SMI if he or she:
    (1) Resides in the United States, except in Puerto Rico;
    (2) Becomes entitled to hospital insurance under any of the 
provisions set forth in Secs. 406.10 through 406.15 of this chapter; and
    (3) Does not decline SMI enrollment.
    (b) Opportunity to decline automatic enrollment. (1) SSA will notify 
an individual that he or she is automatically enrolled under paragraph 
(a) of this section and grant the individual a specified period (at 
least 2 months after the month the notice is mailed) to decline 
enrollment.
    (2) The individual may decline enrollment by submitting to SSA or 
CMS a signed statement that he or she does not wish SMI.
    (3) The statement must be submitted before entitlement begins, or if 
later, within the time limits set in the notice of enrollment.