Language Access for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2021

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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.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Aug 13, 2021

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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Language Access for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2021

Latest action (Aug 16, 2021): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Aug 13, 2021

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.