,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dfge  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #ae1        
#bjai,mr4 ,gomez 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,garca of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,crdenas1 and 
,ms4 ,barragn7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,ways and ,means1 and in  
addition to the ,committee on ,energy   
and ,commerce1 for a period to be       
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xviii of   
the ,social ,security ,act to provide   
for enhanced ,medicare beneficiary      
information through access to annual    
,medicare notifications in multiple     
languages4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,language ,access   
for ,medicare ,beneficiaries ,act of    
#bjai4  #b4 ,providing access to annual 
,medicare notifications in multiple     
languages  7a7 ,in general ,section     

#ahjd of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db
 ,u4,s4,c4 #acie;b-#b7 is amended by    
adding at the end the following new     
subsection3  7e7 ,the notice provided   
under subsection 7a7 shall be translated
 into languages in addition to ,english 
and ,spanish4 ,in carrying out the      
previous sentence1 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 ,,ii4  4  7b7 ,effective date ,the
 amendment made by subsection 7a7 shall 
apply to notices distributed prior to   
each ,medicare open enrollment period   
beginning after ,january #a1 #bjbj4