3.0.0 4675 2022-11-01T13:49:40Z 2022-11-01T13:49:40Z House HR 2019-10-15 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 162 (Tuesday, October 15, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GOMEZ:H.R. 4675.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the UnitedStates[Page H8144]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2019-10-16T18:07:37Z Referred to 2019-10-15T18:01:05Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2019-10-15T19:24:15Z Referred to 2019-10-15T18:01:00Z Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act 116 3 HR 2020-09-08 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 521. Related bill CRS 2019-10-16 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2019-10-15 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2019-10-15 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2019-10-15 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2019-10-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-10-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000585 Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34] Jimmy Gomez D CA 34 N G000586 Rep. Garcia, Jesus G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] Jesus Garcia D IL G. 4 2019-10-15 True C001097 Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] Tony Cárdenas D CA 29 2019-10-15 True B001300 Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] Nanette Barragan D CA Diaz 44 2019-10-15 True Health Foreign language and bilingual programs Health information and medical records Medicare Social security and elderly assistance Health 00 2019-10-15 Introduced in House 2020-05-18T15:02:41Z Language Access for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to translate the annual explanation of Medicare benefits for enrollees into multiple languages, besides English and Spanish. The CMS must prioritize languages into which Social Security documents are translated or that are most frequently requested for purposes of Social Security benefits applications.

]]> Language Access for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019 Display Title Language Access for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019 Official Title as Introduced 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. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Language Access for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr4675ih/xml/BILLS-116hr4675ih.xml 2019-10-16 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.