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HR 670 113th Congress House

Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2013

Official title: To amend part B of the title XVIII of the Social Security Act to apply deemed enrollment to residents of Puerto Rico and to provide a special enrollment period… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend part B of the title XVIII of the Social Security Act to apply deemed enrollment to residents of Puerto Rico and to provide a special enrollment period and a reduction in the late enrollment penalties for certain residents of Puerto Rico.

Introduced: February 13, 2013 See on congress.gov
Health Health care coverage and accessMedicarePuerto RicoU.S. territories and protectorates
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 19, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 15, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 13, 2013
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.
Feb 13, 2013
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H461-462)
Feb 13, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 19, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2013 - 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 (HHS) 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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 324 Identical bill Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2013
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 2
Sablan, Gregorio
· Mar 5, 2013
ANDREWS, ROBERT
· Feb 27, 2013
Bordallo, Madeleine
· Feb 13, 2013
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Feb 13, 2013
Faleomavaega, Eni
· Feb 13, 2013
Grayson, Alan
· Feb 13, 2013
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 13, 2013
SERRANO, JOSE
· Feb 13, 2013
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Feb 13, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 670: Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-670/
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"H.R. 670: Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-670/.
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H.R. 670, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-670/.
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