Fairness in Medicare Part B Enrollment Act of 2023

Fairness in Medicare Part B Enrollment Act of 2023

This bill exempts an individual from late-enrollment penalties for Medicare medical services if the individual resided in Puerto Rico as of the date of eligibility and the individual enrolls within five years of such date. Currently, the late enrollment penalty is 10% of monthly premiums for each 12-month period during which the individual was not enrolled, and the penalty continues to apply for as long as the individual is enrolled in Medicare medical services.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4027 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4027

   To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate late 
     enrollment penalties under part B of the Medicare program for 
individuals residing in Puerto Rico if such individuals enroll within 5 
  years of becoming entitled to benefits under part A of such program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 12, 2023

 Mrs. Gonzalez-Colon introduced the following bill; which was referred 
    to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the 
Committee on Ways and Means, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate late 
     enrollment penalties under part B of the Medicare program for 
individuals residing in Puerto Rico if such individuals enroll within 5 
  years of becoming entitled to benefits under part A of such program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fairness in Medicare Part B 
Enrollment Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATING LATE ENROLLMENT PENALTIES UNDER PART B OF THE 
              MEDICARE PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN 
              PUERTO RICO.

    (a) In General.--Section 1839(b) of the Social Security Act is 
amended in the second sentence by inserting ``or months occurring in 
the 5-year period beginning on the date on which the individual becomes 
entitled to benefits under part A if such individual was residing in 
Puerto Rico as of such date and such date is after the date that is 4 
years before the date of the enactment of the Fairness in Medicare Part 
B Enrollment Act of 2023'' before the period at the end of such 
sentence.
    (b) Application.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply 
with respect to premiums paid for months beginning on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act.
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