HR 2591 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the penalty for late enrollment under part B of the Medicare Program to 10 percent and twice the period of no enrollment, and to exclude periods of COBRA and retiree coverage from such late enrollment penalty.

Introduced Jun 6, 2007 Originated House Sponsor Barney Frank D-MA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jun 12, 2007 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. IntroducedJun 6, 2007
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) limit the penalty for late enrollment under part B to 10% and twice the period of no enrollment; and (2) exclude periods of COBRA and retiree coverage from such late enrollment penalty.

Provides for a special enrollment period for individuals whose COBRA or retiree coverage terminates.

Cosponsors 32

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 6, 2007 to Oct 5, 2007; 24 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-TNBart GordonOriginalJun 6, 2007
D-MABill DelahuntOriginalJun 6, 2007
D-TXCharles A. GonzalezOriginalJun 6, 2007
D-CTChristopher MurphyOriginalJun 6, 2007
D-TXCiro D. RodriguezOriginalJun 6, 2007
D-IADavid LoebsackOriginalJun 6, 2007
D-NJDonald M. PayneOriginalJun 6, 2007
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalJun 6, 2007
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalJun 6, 2007
D-CAEllen O. TauscherOriginalJun 6, 2007
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalJun 6, 2007
R-NYJames T. WalshOriginalJun 6, 2007
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalJun 6, 2007
D-TNLincoln DavisOriginalJun 6, 2007
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalJun 6, 2007
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalJun 6, 2007
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOriginalJun 6, 2007
D-HINeil AbercrombieOriginalJun 6, 2007
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalJun 6, 2007
D-MARichard E. NealOriginalJun 6, 2007
D-PARobert A. BradyOriginalJun 6, 2007
D-CASam FarrOriginalJun 6, 2007
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalJun 6, 2007
R-VAVirgil H. Goode Jr.OriginalJun 6, 2007
D-KYBen ChandlerJun 15, 2007
D-NYBrian HigginsJun 15, 2007
D-VAJames P. MoranJun 15, 2007
D-MAJohn W. OlverJun 22, 2007
D-ILPhil HareJun 22, 2007
D-NYMichael A. ArcuriJun 26, 2007
D-TXNick LampsonJun 26, 2007
D-MAJohn F. TierneyOct 5, 2007

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Jun 6, 2007
Health Subcommittee
Referred Jun 6, 2007
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Jun 6, 2007
Health Subcommittee
Referred Jun 12, 2007

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 12, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Jun 6, 2007Introduced in House
  3. Jun 6, 2007Referred 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.
  4. Jun 6, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the penalty for late enrollment under part B of the Medicare Program to 10 percent and twice the period of no enrollment, and to exclude periods of COBRA and retiree coverage from such late enrollment penalty.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 6, 2007Introduced in House

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