S. 1773 · 116th Congress
Territories Health Equity Act of 2019
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This bill alters provisions under Medicaid, Medicare, and Medicare Advantage relating to U.S. territories, and generally modifies and establishes programs to expand health insurance coverage for residents.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jun 11, 2019
Territories Health Equity Act of 2019
This bill alters provisions under Medicaid, Medicare, and Medicare Advantage relating to U.S. territories, and generally modifies and establishes programs to expand health insurance coverage for residents.
Among other things, the bill
- eliminates Medicaid funding limitations for U.S. territories beginning in FY2020,
- repeals provisions that exclude residents of Puerto Rico from a certain automatic enrollment process for Medicare medical services,
- establishes minimum criteria for certain elements used in Medicare Advantage payment calculations for areas within U.S. territories, and
- allows residents of U.S. territories who are unable to obtain health insurance through their employer or a health insurance exchange to instead obtain coverage that is at least as broad as the coverage available to Members of Congress and their staff through the District of Columbia exchange.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Territories Health Equity Act of 2019
Latest action (Jun 11, 2019): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jun 11, 2019
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.