[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 261 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 261

  To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to apply 
             deemed enrollment to residents of Puerto Rico.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2017

Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico introduced the following bill; which 
 was 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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to apply 
             deemed enrollment to residents of Puerto Rico.

    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 ``Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equality 
Act''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF PART B DEEMED ENROLLMENT PROCESS TO RESIDENTS OF 
              PUERTO RICO; SPECIAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD AND LIMIT ON LATE 
              ENROLLMENT PENALTIES.

    (a) Application of Part B Deemed Enrollment Process to Residents of 
Puerto Rico.--Section 1837(f)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395p(f)(3)) is amended by striking ``, exclusive of Puerto Rico''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to individuals whose initial enrollment period under section 
1837(d) of the Social Security Act begins on or after the first day of 
the effective month, specified by the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services under section 1839(j)(1)(C) of such Act, as added by 
subsection (c)(2).
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