Territories Health Equity Act of 2019 This bill alters provisions under Medicaid, Medicare, and Medicare Advantage relating to U.S. territories, and generally modifies and establishes programs to expand health insurance coverage for residents. Among other things, the bill eliminates Medicaid funding limitations for U.S. territories beginning in FY2020, repeals provisions that exclude residents of Puerto Rico from a certain automatic enrollment process for Medicare medical services, establishes minimum criteria for certain elements used in Medicare Advantage payment calculations for areas within U.S. territories, and allows residents of U.S. territories who are unable to obtain health insurance through their employer or a health insurance exchange to instead obtain coverage that is at least as broad as the coverage available to Members of Congress and their staff through the District of Columbia exchange.
American SamoaCaribbean areaChild healthComputers and information technologyCongressional oversightDepartment of Health and Human ServicesExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesGuamHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth facilities and institutionsHealth information and medical recordsHealth programs administration and fundingHealth technology, devices, suppliesHospital careIncome tax creditsMedicaidMedicareNorthern Mariana IslandsPoverty and welfare assistancePrescription drugsPuerto RicoSmall businessTax administration and collection, taxpayersUser charges and feesU.S. territories and protectoratesVirgin Islands
Territories Health Equity Act of 2019
USA116th CongressS-1773| Senate
| Updated: 6/11/2019
Territories Health Equity Act of 2019 This bill alters provisions under Medicaid, Medicare, and Medicare Advantage relating to U.S. territories, and generally modifies and establishes programs to expand health insurance coverage for residents. Among other things, the bill eliminates Medicaid funding limitations for U.S. territories beginning in FY2020, repeals provisions that exclude residents of Puerto Rico from a certain automatic enrollment process for Medicare medical services, establishes minimum criteria for certain elements used in Medicare Advantage payment calculations for areas within U.S. territories, and allows residents of U.S. territories who are unable to obtain health insurance through their employer or a health insurance exchange to instead obtain coverage that is at least as broad as the coverage available to Members of Congress and their staff through the District of Columbia exchange.
American SamoaCaribbean areaChild healthComputers and information technologyCongressional oversightDepartment of Health and Human ServicesExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesGuamHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth facilities and institutionsHealth information and medical recordsHealth programs administration and fundingHealth technology, devices, suppliesHospital careIncome tax creditsMedicaidMedicareNorthern Mariana IslandsPoverty and welfare assistancePrescription drugsPuerto RicoSmall businessTax administration and collection, taxpayersUser charges and feesU.S. territories and protectoratesVirgin Islands