[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR407.18]

[Page 267]
 
                         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.  407.18  Determining month of automatic enrollment.

    (a) An individual who is automatically enrolled in SMI under Sec.  
407.17 will have the month of enrollment determined in accordance with 
paragraphs (b) through (f) of this section. The month of enrollment 
determines the month of entitlement.
    (b) An individual is automatically enrolled in the third month of 
the initial enrollment period if he or she--
    (1) Is entitled to social security benefits under section 202 of the 
Act on the first day of the initial enrollment period;
    (2) Is entitled to hospital insurance based on end-stage renal 
disease; on entitlement to disability benefits as a social security or 
railroad retirement beneficiary; or on deemed entitlement to disability 
benefits on the basis of Medicare-qualified government employment; or
    (3) Establishes entitlement to hospital insurance by filing an 
application and meeting all other requirements (as set forth in subpart 
B of part 406 of this chapter) during the first 3 months of the initial 
enrollment period.
    (c) If an individual establishes entitlement to hospital insurance 
on the basis of an application filed in the last 4 months of the SMI 
initial enrollment period, he or she is automatically enrolled for SMI 
in the month in which the application is filed.
    (d) If an individual establishes entitlement to hospital insurance 
on the basis of an application filed after the SMI initial enrollment 
period but not during a general enrollment period in effect before April 
1, 1981, or after September 30, 1981, he or she is automatically 
enrolled for SMI on the first day of the next general enrollment period.
    (e) If the individual establishes entitlement to hospital insurance 
on the basis of an application filed during a SMI general enrollment 
period in effect before April 1, 1981 or after September 30, 1981, he or 
she is automatically enrolled on the first day of that period.
    (f) If an individual established entitlement to hospital insurance 
on the basis of an application filed during the general enrollment 
period of April 1, 1981, through September 30, 1981, he or she was 
automatically enrolled for SMI on the first day of the month in which 
the application was filed.