,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cjbi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #ab1 
#bjai,mr4 ,menendez 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,blumenthal1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 and ,mr4
 ,booker7 introduced the following bill2
 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 ,states4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,territories  
,medicare ,prescription ,drug           
,assistance ,equity ,act of #bjai4  #b4 
,eliminating exclusion of part ,d       
eligible individuals residing in        
territories from eligibility for premium
 and cost-sharing subsidies  7a7 ,in    
general ,section #ahfj;,d-#ad7;a77#c7 of
 the ,social ,security ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #aciew-#aad7;a77#c77 is       

amended-- 7#a7 in subparagraph 7,a71 in 
the matter preceding clause 7i71 by     
striking subject to subparagraph 7,f712 
7#b7 in subparagraph 7,b77v71 in the    
matter preceding subclause 7,i71 by     
striking ,subject to subparagraph 7,f71 
the ,secretary and inserting ,the       
,secretary2  7#c7 in subparagraph 7,c71 
by adding at the end the following new  
sentence3 ,in the case of an individual 
who is not a resident of the #ej ,states
 or the ,district of ,columbia1 the     
poverty line 7as such term is defined in
 clause 7ii77 that shall apply to such  
individual shall be the poverty line for
 the #dh contiguous ,states and the     
,district of ,columbia42 and  7#d7 by   
striking subparagraph 7,f74  7b7        
,application of ,medicaid provisions    
,section #aice of the ,social ,security 
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acifu-#e7 is       
amended--  7#a7 in subsection 7a71 by   
striking subject to subsection 7e7 in   
the matter preceding paragraph 7#a72 and
  7#b7 by striking subsection 7e74  7c7 

,conforming amendment ,section #aajh7;f7
 of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db     
,u4,s4,c4 #acjh7;f77 is amended by      
striking and section #aice7;e77#a77;,b7 
in the matter preceding clause 7i74  7d7
 ,effective date ,the amendments made by
 this section shall take effect on      
,january #a1 #bjbj4