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S. 815 115th Congress Senate

Territories Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Equity Act of 2017

Official title: A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to make premium and cost-sharing subsidies available to low-income Medicare part D beneficiarie… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to make premium and cost-sharing subsidies available to low-income Medicare part D beneficiaries who reside in Puerto Rico or another territory of the United States.

Introduced: April 4, 2017 See on congress.gov
Health MedicaidMedicarePrescription drugsU.S. territories and protectorates
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 4, 2017
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 Latest action April 4, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Territories Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Equity Act of 2017

This bill makes certain subsidies available to Medicare prescription drug program beneficiaries who reside in Puerto Rico or another U.S. territory. Current law makes such beneficiaries ineligible for premium and cost-sharing subsidies, but establishes a process for U.S. territories to apply for financial assistance with respect to the provision of Medicare prescription drugs. The bill eliminates this process and makes the subsidies available to beneficiaries who reside in a U.S. territory and are otherwise eligible.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2026 Improving the Treatment of the U.S. Territories Under Federal Health Programs Act of 2017
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Apr 4, 2017
 D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Apr 4, 2017
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Apr 4, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 815: Territories Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Equity Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-815/
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"S. 815: Territories Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Equity Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-815/.
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S. 815, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-815/.
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