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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 420
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for enhanced
Medicare beneficiary information through access to annual Medicare noti-
fications in multiple languages.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY20, 2023
Mr. G
OMEZintroduced the following bill; which was 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 juris-
diction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide
for enhanced Medicare beneficiary information through
access to annual Medicare notifications in multiple lan-
guages.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Language Access for 4
Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2023’’. 5
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SEC. 2. PROVIDING ACCESS TO ANNUAL MEDICARE NOTIFI-1
CATIONS IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES. 2
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 1804 of the Social Secu-3
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395b–2) is amended by adding at 4
the end the following new subsection: 5
‘‘(e) The notice provided under subsection (a) shall 6
be translated into languages in addition to English and 7
Spanish. In carrying out the previous sentence, the Sec-8
retary shall prioritize translation of the notice into lan-9
guages in which documents provided by the Commissioner 10
of Social Security are translated and language that are 11
the most frequently requested for translation for purposes 12
of applying for old-age insurance benefits under title II.’’. 13
(b) E
FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 14
subsection (a) shall apply to notices distributed prior to 15
each Medicare open enrollment period beginning after 16
January 1, 2024. 17
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