[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR407.17]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

                    CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE

                          & MEDICAID SERVICES,

                        DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

                             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 Sec. Sec. 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.