H.R. 5012
Referred to CommitteeLanguage Access for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2021
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
8/16/2021 • House
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.
Introduced in House • 8/13/2021
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Originated in the House
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August 13, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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