extension of time for filing claim for supplementary medical insurance benefits where delay is due to administrative error

extension of time for filing claim for supplementary medical insurance benefits where delay is due to administrative errorSec. 258. (a) Section 1842(b)(3) of the Social Security Act (as amended by section 224(a) of this Act) is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: “The requirement in subparagraph (B) that a bill be submitted or request for payment be made by the close of the following calendar year shall not apply if (i) failure to submit the bill or request the payment by the close of such year is due to the error or misrepresentation of an officer, employee, fiscal intermediary, carrier, or agent of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare performing functions under this title and acting within the scope of his or its authority, and (ii) the bill is submitted or the payment is requested promptly after such error or misrepresentation is eliminated or corrected.” (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to bills submitted and requests for payment made after March 1968.