Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2015
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Mar 18, 2015)
Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2015
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the exclusion of residents of Puerto Rico from deemed enrollment under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits) and thus apply it to them.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for a special seven-month enrollment period for such residents.
Requires recalculation of the late enrollment penalty to 15% of the usual penalty for residents of Puerto Rico who are current enrollees or who enroll during a specified transition period.
What just happenedMar 20, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMar 18, 2015
- Mar 20, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Mar 19, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Mar 18, 2015IntroReferralH11100
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.
Ways and Means Committee - Mar 18, 2015IntroReferralH11100-A
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.
- Mar 18, 2015IntroReferralH11100
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.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Mar 18, 2015IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1728-1729)
- Mar 18, 2015IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Mar 18, 2015IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House