HR 5012 United States House · 117th Congress

Language Access for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2021

Summary

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.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Aug 2021

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Introduced Aug 13, 2021 Last action Aug 16, 2021

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Committee

Aug 16, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

lower

Aug 13, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

lower

Aug 13, 2021

Committee

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.

lower

Aug 13, 2021

Introduced

Introduced in House

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1 primary · 20 co-sponsors