Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2015
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the exclusion of residents of Puerto Rico from deemed enrollment under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits) and thus apply it to them.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for a special seven-month enrollment period for such residents.
Requires recalculation of the late enrollment penalty to 15% of the usual penalty for residents of Puerto Rico who are current enrollees or who enroll during a specified transition period.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-21 | IntroReferral | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate |
| 2015-05-21 | IntroReferral | Introduced in Senate | Library of Congress |