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House Bill 4675
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Language Access for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019
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Introduced in House on Oct 15, 2019
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H. R. 4675 (Introduced-in-House)


116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4675


To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for enhanced Medicare beneficiary information through access to annual Medicare notifications in multiple languages.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 15, 2019

Mr. Gomez (for himself, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Cárdenas, and Ms. Barragán) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for enhanced Medicare beneficiary information through access to annual Medicare notifications in multiple languages.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Language Access for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019”.

SEC. 2. Providing access to annual Medicare notifications in multiple languages.

(a) In general.—Section 1804 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395b–2) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

“(e) The notice provided under subsection (a) shall be translated into languages in addition to English and Spanish. In carrying out the previous sentence, the Secretary shall prioritize translation of the notice into languages in which documents provided by the Commissioner of Social Security are translated and language that are the most frequently requested for translation for purposes of applying for old-age insurance benefits under title II.”.

(b) Effective date.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to notices distributed prior to each Medicare open enrollment period beginning after January 1, 2020.