3.0.0 324 2022-03-03T21:28:09Z 2022-03-03T21:28:09Z Senate S S 2013-02-14 113 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-02-14T15:27:45Z Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2013 113 670 HR 2013-02-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2013-02-14 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2013-02-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N Health Health care coverage and access Medicare Puerto Rico U.S. territories and protectorates Health 00 2013-02-14 Introduced in Senate 2013-02-27T20:55:09Z Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the exclusion of residents of Puerto Rico from deemed enrollment under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits) and thus apply it to them.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide for a special seven-month enrollment period for such residents.

Requires recalculation of the late enrollment penalty to 15% of the usual penalty for residents of Puerto Rico who are current enrollees or who enroll during a specified transition period.

]]> Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2013 Short Titles as Introduced Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2013 Display Title Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend part B of the title XVIII of the Social Security Act to apply deemed enrollment to residents of Puerto Rico and to provide a special enrollment period and a reduction in the late enrollment penalties for certain residents of Puerto Rico. Introduced in Senate 2013-02-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s324is/xml/BILLS-113s324is.xml 2013-02-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.