Section 120 of division CC of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, referred to in subsec. (e), is section 120 of div. CC of Pub. L. 116–260, which amended this section and sections 1395i–2a, 1395p, 1395q, and 1395r of this title.

2020—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 116–260 added subsec. (e).

2016—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 114–255 added subsec. (d).

2003—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–173, § 900(b), added subsec. (b).

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 108–173, § 923(a), added subsec. (c).

Pub. L. 108–173, title IX, § 923(b), Dec. 8, 2003, 117 Stat. 2394, provided that: “By not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 8, 2003], the Secretary [of Health and Human Services] shall appoint the Medicare Beneficiary Ombudsman under section 1808(c) of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1395b–9(c)], as added by subsection (a).”