S. 1453: Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2015
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S. 1453: Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2015
114th Congress · introduced 2015-05-21 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-05-21 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · what a sponsor is
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Official title
Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2015
Plain summary
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.
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Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2015
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · 0 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s1453.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>
Record fed-us-cong114-s1453 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114