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HR 5012 117th Congress House Health Foreign language and bilingual programs Health information and medical records Medicare Social security and elderly assistance

Language Access for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2021

Introduced: August 13, 2021 Introduced by: Gomez, Jimmy Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 16, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Aug 13, 2021
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.
Aug 13, 2021
Introduced in House
Aug 13, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Language Access for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2021

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.

What's happening now August 16, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 13
D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Nov 17, 2021
Kahele, Kaiali'i
· Oct 21, 2021
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 21, 2021
 D
Strickland, Marilyn
Washington · Sep 21, 2021
 D
Torres, Ritchie
New York · Sep 21, 2021
Bass, Karen
· Aug 13, 2021
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Aug 13, 2021
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Aug 13, 2021
Cicilline, David
· Aug 13, 2021
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Aug 13, 2021
 D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
Texas · Aug 13, 2021
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Aug 13, 2021
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Aug 13, 2021
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Aug 13, 2021
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Aug 13, 2021
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Aug 13, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5012: Language Access for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5012/
MLA
"H.R. 5012: Language Access for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5012/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 5012, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5012/.
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[H.R. 5012: Language Access for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2021](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5012/)
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