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.
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for enhanced 
  Medicare beneficiary information through access to annual Medicare 
                  notifications in multiple languages.

    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 ``Language Access for Medicare 
Beneficiaries Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. PROVIDING ACCESS TO ANNUAL MEDICARE NOTIFICATIONS IN MULTIPLE 
              LANGUAGES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1804 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395b-2) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) The notice provided under subsection (a) shall be translated 
into languages in addition to English and Spanish. In carrying out the 
previous sentence, the Secretary shall prioritize translation of the 
notice into languages in which documents provided by the Commissioner 
of Social Security are translated and language that are the most 
frequently requested for translation for purposes of applying for old-
age insurance benefits under title II.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to notices distributed prior to each Medicare open enrollment 
period beginning after January 1, 2022.
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Language Access for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2021
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for enhanced Medicare beneficiary information through access to annual Medicare notifications in multiple languages.
Language Access for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2021
Rep. Gomez, Jimmy