HR 6046 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

9/11 Comprehensive Health Benefits Act of 2006

Introduced Sep 7, 2006 Originated House Sponsor Jerrold Nadler D-NY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 25, 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedSep 7, 2006
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

9/11 Comprehensive Health Benefits Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare-based eligibility and benefits for individuals with a 9/11 disaster-connected health condition.

Makes Medicare the secondary payor for 9/11-related coverage.

Prohibits a workers' compensation law or plan from discriminating against an individual by virtue of the individual's entitlement to such benefits.

Prohibits an employer from discriminating against an individual regarding hiring, advancement, compensation, or other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment by virtue of the individual's entitlement to such benefits.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a consortium to conduct and coordinate screening, monitoring, treatment, and diagnostic research on the 9/11 disaster-connected health conditions.

Cosponsors 53

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 7, 2006 to Dec 8, 2006, with 12 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerOriginalSep 7, 2006
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalSep 7, 2006
D-NYEdolphus TownsOriginalSep 7, 2006
D-NYEliot L. EngelOriginalSep 7, 2006
D-NYGary L. AckermanOriginalSep 7, 2006
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalSep 7, 2006
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalSep 7, 2006
D-NYMajor R. OwensOriginalSep 7, 2006
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalSep 7, 2006
D-NYNita M. LoweyOriginalSep 7, 2006
D-NYSteve IsraelOriginalSep 7, 2006
D-NYTimothy H. BishopOriginalSep 7, 2006
D-NYBrian HigginsSep 12, 2006
D-NYGregory W. MeeksSep 12, 2006
D-WAJim McDermottSep 12, 2006
D-CALynn C. WoolseySep 12, 2006
D-OHDennis J. KucinichSep 19, 2006
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.Sep 19, 2006
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaSep 19, 2006
D-CAAnna G. EshooSep 27, 2006
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.Sep 27, 2006
D-CABob FilnerSep 27, 2006
D-FLCorrine BrownSep 27, 2006
D-CADoris O. MatsuiSep 27, 2006
D-MAEdward J. MarkeySep 27, 2006
D-CAFortney Pete StarkSep 27, 2006
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.Sep 27, 2006
D-CAGeorge MillerSep 27, 2006
D-CAHilda L. SolisSep 27, 2006
D-MNJames L. OberstarSep 27, 2006
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterSep 27, 2006
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezSep 27, 2006
D-MARichard E. NealSep 27, 2006
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsSep 27, 2006
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroSep 27, 2006
D-NJRush HoltSep 27, 2006
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeSep 27, 2006
D-CATom LantosSep 27, 2006
D-CABarbara LeeSep 28, 2006
D-CAMaxine WatersSep 28, 2006
D-METhomas H. AllenSep 28, 2006
D-NJSteven R. RothmanNov 13, 2006
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsDec 5, 2006
D-VIDonna M. ChristensenDec 5, 2006
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.Dec 5, 2006
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonDec 6, 2006
D-MAMartin T. MeehanDec 6, 2006
D-TXAl GreenDec 7, 2006
D-ILBobby L. RushDec 7, 2006
D-NJDonald M. PayneDec 7, 2006
D-MAJames P. McGovernDec 7, 2006
D-MAJohn W. OlverDec 8, 2006
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardDec 8, 2006

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 25, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Sep 7, 2006Introduced in House
  3. Sep 7, 2006Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 40219/11 Comprehensive Health Benefits Act of 2006Related billSep 29, 2006

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

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  1. Sep 7, 2006Introduced in House

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