118th Congress Health
H.R. 420: Language Access for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2023
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Summary
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.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
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Cosponsors
- Judy Chu D-CA
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History
- Introduced in the House by Jimmy Gomez.
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- Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced in House
- 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.