Language Access for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019
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.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-10-16 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House committee actions |
| 2019-10-15 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House committee actions |
| 2019-10-15 | IntroReferral | 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. | House floor actions |
| 2019-10-15 | IntroReferral | 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. | House floor actions |
| 2019-10-15 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |