HR 420 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Language Access for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2023

Introduced Jan 20, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Jimmy Gomez D-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Dec 17, 2024 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJan 20, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Language Access for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2023

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.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 20, 2023.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAJudy ChuApr 20, 2023

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 17, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Jan 27, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  3. Jan 20, 2023Introduced in House
  4. Jan 20, 2023Referred 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.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 20, 2023Introduced in House

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