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HR 4675 116th Congress House

Language Access for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for enhanced Medicare beneficiary information through access to annual Medicare notifications in multiple languages.

Introduced: October 15, 2019 Introduced by: Gomez, Jimmy Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Health Foreign language and bilingual programsHealth information and medical recordsMedicareSocial security and elderly assistance
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It never became law before the 116th Congress (2019–2020) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 16, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 15, 2019
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 jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Oct 15, 2019
Introduced in House
Oct 15, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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 Latest action October 16, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Language Access for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to translate the annual explanation of Medicare benefits for enrollees into multiple languages, besides English and Spanish. The CMS must prioritize languages into which Social Security documents are translated or that are most frequently requested for purposes of Social Security benefits applications.

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 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2
D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Oct 15, 2019
Cárdenas, Tony
· Oct 15, 2019
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Oct 15, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4675: Language Access for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4675/
MLA
"H.R. 4675: Language Access for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4675/.
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H.R. 4675, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4675/.
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[H.R. 4675: Language Access for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4675/)
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