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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 420 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for enhanced |
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| 6 | 6 | | Medicare beneficiary information through access to annual Medicare noti- |
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| 7 | 7 | | fications in multiple languages. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY20, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. G |
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| 11 | 11 | | OMEZintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 12 | 12 | | on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and |
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| 13 | 13 | | Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, |
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| 14 | 14 | | in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris- |
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| 15 | 15 | | diction of the committee concerned |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide |
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| 18 | 18 | | for enhanced Medicare beneficiary information through |
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| 19 | 19 | | access to annual Medicare notifications in multiple lan- |
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| 20 | 20 | | guages. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Language Access for 4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2023’’. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 420 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. PROVIDING ACCESS TO ANNUAL MEDICARE NOTIFI-1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | CATIONS IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES. 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) I |
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| 32 | 32 | | NGENERAL.—Section 1804 of the Social Secu-3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395b–2) is amended by adding at 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | the end the following new subsection: 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘(e) The notice provided under subsection (a) shall 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | be translated into languages in addition to English and 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Spanish. In carrying out the previous sentence, the Sec-8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | retary shall prioritize translation of the notice into lan-9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | guages in which documents provided by the Commissioner 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | of Social Security are translated and language that are 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | the most frequently requested for translation for purposes 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | of applying for old-age insurance benefits under title II.’’. 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (b) E |
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| 44 | 44 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | subsection (a) shall apply to notices distributed prior to 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | each Medicare open enrollment period beginning after 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | January 1, 2024. 17 |
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