text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Consumer Price Index for Elderly 
  Consumers Act of 2015''.
  
  SEC. 2. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR ELDERLY CONSUMERS.
  
      (a) In General.--The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department 
  of Labor shall prepare and publish an index for each calendar month to 
  be known as the ``Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers'' that 
  indicates changes over time in expenditures for consumption which are 
  typical for individuals in the United States who are 62 years of age or 
  older.
      (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to 
  calendar months ending on or after July 31 of the calendar year 
  following the calendar year in which this Act is enacted.
      (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
  appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of 
  this section.
  
  SEC. 3. COMPUTATION OF COST-OF-LIVING INCREASES.
  
      (a) Amendments to Title II.--
              (1) In general.--Section 215(i) of the Social Security Act 
          (42 U.S.C. 415(i)) is amended--
                      (A) in paragraph (1)(G), by inserting before the 
                  period the following: ``, and, solely with respect to 
                  any monthly insurance benefit payable under this title 
                  to an individual who has attained age 62, effective for 
                  adjustments under this subsection to the primary 
                  insurance amount on which such benefit is based (or to 
                  any such benefit under section 227 or 228) occurring 
                  after such individual attains such age, the applicable 
                  Consumer Price Index shall be deemed to be the Consumer 
                  Price Index for Elderly Consumers and such primary 
                  insurance amount shall be deemed adjusted under this 
                  subsection using such Index''; and
                      (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and by section 
                  9001'' and inserting ``, by section 9001'', and by 
                  inserting after ``1986,'' the following: ``and by 
                  section 3(a) of the Consumer Price Index for Elderly 
                  Consumers Act of 2015,''.
              (2) Conforming amendments in applicable former law.--
          Section 215(i)(1)(C) of such Act, as in effect in December 1978 
          and applied in certain cases under the provisions of such Act 
          in effect after December 1978, is amended by inserting before 
          the period the following: ``, and, solely with respect to any 
          monthly insurance benefit payable under this title to an 
          individual who has attained age 62, effective for adjustments 
          under this subsection to the primary insurance amount on which 
          such benefit is based (or to any such benefit under section 227 
          or 228) occurring after such individual attains such age, the 
          applicable Consumer Price Index shall be deemed to be the 
          Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers and such primary 
          insurance amount shall be deemed adjusted under this subsection 
          using such Index''.
              (3) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) 
          shall apply to determinations made with respect to cost-of-
          living computation quarters ending on or after September 30 of 
          the second calendar year following the calendar year in which 
          this Act is enacted.
      (b) Amendments to Title XVIII.--
              (1) In general.--Title XVIII of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et 
          seq.) is amended--
                      (A) in section 1814(i)(2)(B) (42 U.S.C. 
                  1395f(i)(2)(B)), by inserting ``(i) for accounting 
                  years ending before October 1 of the second calendar 
                  year following the calendar year in which the Consumer 
                  Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2015 was 
                  enacted,'' after ``for a year is'', and by inserting 
                  after ``fifth month of the accounting year'' the 
                  following: ``, and (ii) for accounting years ending 
                  after October 1 of such calendar year, the cap amount 
                  determined under clause (i) for the last accounting 
                  year referred to in such clause, increased or decreased 
                  by the same percentage as the percentage increase or 
                  decrease, respectively, in the medical care expenditure 
                  category (or corresponding category) of the Consumer 
                  Price Index for Elderly Consumers, published by the 
                  Bureau of Labor Statistics, from March of such calendar 
                  year to the fifth month of the accounting year'';
                      (B) in section 1821(c)(2)(C)(ii)(II) (42 U.S.C. 
                  1395i-5(c)(2)(C)(ii)(II)), by striking ``consumer price 
                  index for all urban consumers (all items; United States 
                  city average)'' and inserting ``Consumer Price Index 
                  for Elderly Consumers'';
                      (C) in section 1833(h)(2)(A)(i) (42 U.S.C. 
                  1395l(h)(2)(A)(i)) by striking ``Consumer Price Index 
                  for All Urban Consumers (United States city average)'' 
                  and inserting ``Consumer Price Index for Elderly 
                  Consumers'';
                      (D) in section 1833(i)(2)(C)(i) (42 U.S.C. 
                  1395l(i)(2)(C)(i)), by striking ``Consumer Price Index 
                  for all urban consumers (U.S. city average)'' and 
                  inserting ``Consumer Price Index for Elderly 
                  Consumers'';
                      (E) in section 1834(a)(14)(L) (42 U.S.C. 
                  1395m(a)(14)(L)), by striking ``consumer price index 
                  for all urban consumers (U.S. urban average)'' and 
                  inserting ``applicable consumer price index'';
                      (F) in section 1834(h)(4)(A)(xi)(I) (42 U.S.C. 
                  1395m(h)(4)(A)(xi)(I)), by striking ``consumer price 
                  index for all urban consumers (United States city 
                  average)'' and inserting ``Consumer Price Index for 
                  Elderly Consumers'';
                      (G) in section 1834(l)(3)(B) (42 U.S.C. 
                  1395m(l)(3)(B)), by striking ``consumer price index for 
                  all urban consumers (U.S. city average)'' and inserting 
                  ``Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers'';
                      (H) in section 1839(i)(5)(A)(ii) (42 U.S.C. 
                  1395r(i)(5)(A)(ii)), by striking ``Consumer Price Index 
                  (United States city average)'' and inserting ``Consumer 
                  Price Index for Elderly Consumers'';
                      (I) in section 1842(s)(1)(B)(ii)(I) (42 U.S.C. 
                  1395u(s)(1)(B)(ii)(I)), by striking ``consumer price 
                  index for all urban consumers (United States city 
                  average)'' and inserting ``Consumer Price Index for 
                  Elderly Consumers'';
                      (J) in each of subparagraphs (D)(ii) and (E)(i)(II) 
                  of section 1860D-14(a)(3) (42 U.S.C. 1395w-114(a)(3)) 
                  and in section 1860D-14(a)(4)(A)(ii) (42 U.S.C. 1395w-
                  114(a)(4)(A)(ii)), by striking ``consumer price index 
                  (all items; U.S. city average)'' and inserting 
                  ``Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers'';
                      (K) in section 1882(p)(11)(C)(ii) (42 U.S.C. 
                  1395ss(p)(11)(C)(ii)), by striking ``Consumer Price 
                  Index for all urban consumers (all items; U.S. city 
                  average)'' and inserting ``Consumer Price Index for 
                  Elderly Consumers'';
                      (L) in each of clauses (iv) and (vi)(II) of section 
                  1886(h)(2)(E) (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(h)(2)(E)), by striking 
                  ``for all urban consumers''; and
                      (M) in section 1886(h)(5)(B) (42 U.S.C. 
                  1395ww(h)(5)(B)), by striking ``Consumer Price Index 
                  for All Urban Consumers (United States city average)'' 
                  and inserting ``Consumer Price Index for Elderly 
                  Consumers''.
              (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) 
          shall apply with respect to determinations made for periods 
          ending after December 31 of the second calendar year following 
          the calendar year in which this Act was enacted.
target: Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2015  This bill amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) and XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits using a new index in place of the current Consumer Price Index (CPI) for All Urban Consumers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics must prepare and publish, for this purpose,&nbsp;a monthly CPI for Elderly Consumers that reflects changes over time to expenditures typical for individuals aged 62 and older.
feat_title: Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2015