SEC. 1206. SPECIAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD AND AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT PROCESS FOR CERTAIN SUBSIDY ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

[a] Special Enrollment Period- Section- 1860D-1[b][3][D] of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1395w-101[b][3][D]] is amended to read as follows:

'[D] SUBSIDY ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS- In the case of an individual [as determined by the Secretary] who is determined under subparagraph [B] of section 1860D-14[a][3] to be a subsidy eligible individual.'.

[b] Automatic Enrollment- Section- 1860D-1[b][1] of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1395w-101[b][1]] is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

'[D] SPECIAL RULE FOR SUBSIDY ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS- The process established under subparagraph [A] shall include, in the case of an individual described in section 1860D-1[b][3][D] who fails to enroll in a prescription drug plan or an MA-PD plan during the special enrollment established under such section applicable to such individual, the application of the assignment process described in subparagraph [C] to such individual in the same manner as such assignment process applies to a part D eligible individual described in such subparagraph [C]. Nothing in the previous sentence shall prevent an individual described in such sentence from declining enrollment in a plan determined appropriate by the Secretary [or in the program under this part] or from changing such enrollment.'.

[c] Effective Date- The amendments made by this section shall apply to subsidy determinations made for months beginning with January 2011.