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S. 1453 114th Congress Senate

Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2015

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

Official title: A bill to amend part B of 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: May 21, 2015 Introduced by: Charles E. Schumer Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
Health Caribbean areaHealth care coverage and accessMedicarePuerto RicoU.S. territories and protectorates
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 Latest action May 21, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

 Related & companion bills 6
  • HR 1418 Identical bill Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2015
  • HR 2635 Improving the Treatment of the U.S. Territories Under Federal Health Programs Act of 2015
  • S 1961 Improving the Treatment of the U.S. Territories Under Federal Health Programs Act of 2015
  • S 2675 Puerto Rico Recovery Act of 2016
  • S 3044 Puerto Rico Humanitarian Relief and Reconstruction Act
  • HR 6109 Medicare Affordability and Enrollment Act of 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1453: Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1453/
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"S. 1453: Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1453/.
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S. 1453, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1453/.
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