1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Community-Based Independence for Seniors Act . 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) Community-based services play an essential role in keeping individuals healthy. (2) Without community-based long-term services and supports, which are not typically covered by Medicare, seniors frequently experience negative health outcomes and lose their ability to live independently. (3) Seniors who deplete their resources often have no option but to turn to Medicaid for coverage of long-term care expenses. (4) Targeting community-based services and supports to at-risk seniors can help these individuals avoid depleting their assets and becoming Medicaid dependent. 3. Community-based institutional special needs plan demonstration (a) In general The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the Secretary) shall establish a Community-Based Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program (in this section referred to as the CBI–SNP demonstration program) to prevent and delay institutionalization under the Medicaid program among eligible low-income Medicare beneficiaries. (b) Establishment (1) In general The Secretary shall enter into agreements with not more than 5 eligible MA plans to conduct the CBI–SNP demonstration program. Each such eligible MA plan may enroll up to 1,000 eligible low-income Medicare beneficiaries (including new enrollees) in such program. (2) Use of Part C rebate to furnish certain benefits Under the CBI–SNP demonstration program, an eligible MA plan selected to participate in such program shall use the rebate that the plan is required (under section 1854 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 13954–24 )) to provide to eligible low-income Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in the plan in order to furnish, as supplemental benefits under section 1852(a)(3) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–22(a)(3) ) and notwithstanding any waivers under section 1915(c) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396n(c) ), benefits to such beneficiaries,