3.0.0 1453 2023-01-11T13:31:04Z 2023-01-11T13:31:04Z Senate S 2015-05-21 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-05-21T22:39:37Z Improving the Treatment of the U.S. Territories Under Federal Health Programs Act of 2015 114 2635 HR 2015-06-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2015 114 1418 HR 2015-03-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS Improving the Treatment of the U.S. Territories Under Federal Health Programs Act of 2015 114 1961 S 2015-08-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Puerto Rico Recovery Act of 2016 114 2675 S 2016-03-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1465-1466) Related bill CRS Puerto Rico Humanitarian Relief and Reconstruction Act 114 3044 S 2016-06-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Medicare Affordability and Enrollment Act of 2016 114 6109 HR 2016-09-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2015-05-21 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-05-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N Health Caribbean area Health care coverage and access Medicare Puerto Rico U.S. territories and protectorates Health 00 2015-05-21 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-22T21:32:22Z Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2015

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 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 2015 Display Title Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend part B of 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 IS Short Titles as Introduced Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1453is/xml/BILLS-114s1453is.xml 2015-05-21 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.