9/11 Comprehensive Health Benefits Act of 2006
Latest action · Sep 29, 2006 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
- IntroducedSep 29, 2006
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 29, 2006.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Sep 29, 2006 |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Original | Sep 29, 2006 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 29, 2006Introduced in Senate
- Sep 29, 2006Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6046 | 9/11 Comprehensive Health Benefits Act of 2006 | Related bill | Sep 25, 2006 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Child health
- Citizen participation
- Civil actions and liability
- Coinsurance
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Damages
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Discrimination in employment
- Discrimination in insurance
- Discrimination in medical care
- Drugs
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency Management
- Employee health benefits
- Employee rights
- Environmental health
- Environmental Protection
- Epidemiology
- Families
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Federal employees
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fines (Penalties)
- Fire fighters
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Health insurance
- Health maintenance organizations
- Health surveys
- Injunctions
- Insurance premiums
- International Affairs
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Law enforcement officers
- Legal fees
- Local employees
- Managed care
- Medical economics
- Medical research
- Medical screening
- Medical tests
- Medicare
- Mental illness
- Minorities
- Minority health
- New York City
- Paramedical personnel
- Physical examinations
- Police
- Prescription pricing
- Refuse and refuse disposal
- Rescue work
- September 11, 2001
- Social Welfare
- State employees
- Terrorism
- Victims of terrorism
- Volunteer workers
- Workers' compensation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 29, 2006Introduced in Senate
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