3.0.0 4195 2022-11-01T13:50:09Z 2022-11-01T13:50:09Z House HR 2019-08-20 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 137 (Tuesday, August 20, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Miss GONZALEZ-COLON of Puerto Rico:H.R. 4195.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The Congress has the power to enact this legislationpursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of theU.S. Constitution, which provide as follows:The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes,Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide forthe common Defence and general Welfare of the United States;but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniformthroughout the United States; [. . .]--AndTo make all laws which shall be necessary and proper forcarrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all otherPowers vested by this Constitution in the Government of theUnited States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Moreover, the Congress has the power to enact thislegislation pursuant to Article IV, Section 3, whichprovides, in relevant part, as follows:The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make allneedful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory orother Property belonging to the United States; and nothing inthis Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice anyClaims of the United States, or of any particular State.[Page H7511]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2019-08-21T16:06:00Z Referred to 2019-08-20T17:00:23Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2019-08-20T19:06:44Z Referred to 2019-08-20T17:00:28Z 2019-08-21 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2019-08-20 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2019-08-20 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2019-08-20 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2019-08-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-08-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000582 Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon R PR N S001200 Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] Darren Soto D FL 9 2019-08-20 True Health Caribbean area Health care coverage and access Medicaid Medicare Prescription drugs Puerto Rico U.S. territories and protectorates Health 00 2019-08-20 Introduced in House 2020-11-06T17:06:03Z Territories Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Equality Act of 2019

This bill makes certain income-based subsidies under the Medicare prescription drug benefit available to individuals who reside in Puerto Rico or another U.S. territory and are otherwise eligible.

Current law makes such individuals ineligible for premium and cost-sharing subsidies, but establishes a process for U.S. territories to apply for financial assistance with respect to the provision of Medicare prescription drugs. The bill retains a process for U.S. territories to apply for such assistance, but alters the formula by which the amount of assistance is calculated. Specifically, the bill phases in modifications to the formula that more closely align how assistance is calculated for U.S. territories with how it is calculated for the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

]]> Territories Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Equality Act of 2019 Display Title Territories Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Equality Act of 2019 Official Title as Introduced To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to make premium and cost-sharing subsidies available to low-income Medicare part D beneficiaries who reside in Puerto Rico or another territory of the United States. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Territories Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Equality Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr4195ih/xml/BILLS-116hr4195ih.xml 2019-08-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.