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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 3029
To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to make premium
and cost-sharing subsidies available to low-income Medicare part D bene-
ficiaries who reside in Puerto Rico or another territory of the United
States.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
DECEMBER 12, 2019
Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, and Mr.
BOOKER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Finance
A BILL
To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act
to make premium and cost-sharing subsidies available
to low-income Medicare part D beneficiaries who reside
in Puerto Rico or another territory of the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Territories Medicare
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Prescription Drug Assistance Equity Act of 2019’’.
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SEC. 2. ELIMINATING EXCLUSION OF PART D ELIGIBLE IN-
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DIVIDUALS RESIDING IN TERRITORIES FROM
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ELIGIBILITY FOR PREMIUM AND COST-SHAR-
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ING SUBSIDIES.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1860D–14(a)(3) of the
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Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–114(a)(3)) is
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amended—
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(1) in subparagraph (A), in the matter pre-
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ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘subject to subpara-
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graph (F),’’;
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(2) in subparagraph (B)(v), in the matter pre-
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ceding subclause (I), by striking ‘‘Subject to sub-
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paragraph (F), the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘The
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Secretary’’;
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(3) in subparagraph (C), by adding at the end
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the following new sentence: ‘‘In the case of an indi-
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vidual who is not a resident of the 50 States or the
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District of Columbia, the poverty line (as such term
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is defined in clause (ii)) that shall apply to such in-
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dividual shall be the poverty line for the 48 contig-
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uous States and the District of Columbia.’’; and
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(4) by striking subparagraph (F).
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(b) APPLICATION OF MEDICAID PROVISIONS.—Sec-
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tion 1935 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396u–
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5) is amended—
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(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘subject to
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subsection (e)’’ in the matter preceding paragraph
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(1); and
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(2) by striking subsection (e).
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(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1108(f) of
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the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1308(f)) is amended
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by striking ‘‘and section 1935(e)(1)(B)’’ in the matter pre-
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ceding clause (i).
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
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this section shall take effect on January 1, 2020.
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