US Code

Public Law 119-87 (04/30/2026)

42 U.S.C. § 1317

Appointment of the Administrator and Chief Actuary of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

(a)
The Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(b)
(1)
There is established in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services the position of Chief Actuary. The Chief Actuary shall be appointed by, and in direct line of authority to, the Administrator of such Centers. The Chief Actuary shall be appointed from among individuals who have demonstrated, by their education and experience, superior expertise in the actuarial sciences. The Chief Actuary shall exercise such duties as are appropriate for the office of the Chief Actuary and in accordance with professional standards of actuarial independence. The Chief Actuary may be removed only for cause.
(2)
section 5382(b) of title 5 The Chief Actuary shall be compensated at the highest rate of basic pay for the Senior Executive Service under .
(3)
In the office of the Chief Actuary there shall be an actuary whose duties relate exclusively to the programs under parts C and D of subchapter XVIII and related provisions of such subchapter.

Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531 Pub. L. 98–369, div. B, title III, § 2332(a)98 Stat. 1088 Pub. L. 105–33, title IV, § 4643111 Stat. 487 Pub. L. 108–173, title IX, § 900(c)117 Stat. 2370 (, title XI, § 1117, as added , , ; amended , , ; , (e)(1)(A), , .)

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, § 1117 Pub. L. 89–97, title IV, § 40579 Stat. 420 Pub. L. 90–248, title II81 Stat. 899 Pub. L. 90–248, title II, § 221(d)81 Stat. 900 A prior section 1317, , as added , , ; amended , , §§ 221(a)–(c), 241(c)(6), , 917, related to maintenance of State public assistance expenditures, prior to repeal by , , , eff. .

Amendments

Pub. L. 108–173, § 900(e)(1)(A)(i)2003—, substituted “Appointment of the Administrator and Chief Actuary of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services” for “Appointment of Administrator and Chief Actuary of Health Care Financing Administration” in section catchline.

Pub. L. 108–173, § 900(e)(1)(A)(ii)Subsec. (a). , substituted “Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services” for “Health Care Financing Administration”.

Pub. L. 108–173, § 900(e)(1)(A)(iii)Subsec. (b)(1). , substituted “Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services” for “Health Care Financing Administration” and “such Centers” for “such Administration”.

Pub. L. 108–173, § 900(c)Subsec. (b)(3). , added par. (3).

Pub. L. 105–331997— amended section catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), and added subsec. (b).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 98–369, div. B, title III, § 2332(c)98 Stat. 1089

section 5315 of Title 5“The amendments made by this section [enacting this section and amending , Government Organization and Employees] shall apply to appointments made after the date of the enactment of this Act [].”
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