HR 842 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Huntington's Disease Parity Act of 2015

Introduced Feb 10, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Adam Kinzinger R-IL

Latest action · Feb 27, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

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.

IntroducedFeb 10, 2015
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Huntington's Disease Parity Act of 2015

Directs the Commissioner of Social Security, for purposes of determining cognitive, behavioral, and physical disability under titles II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act (SSAct), to amend specified Listings of Impairments by providing medical and evaluation criteria for Huntington's Disease.

Amends SSAct title II to waive the 24-month waiting period for coverage under the program under SSAct title XVIII (Medicare) for individuals diagnosed with Huntington's Disease.

Cosponsors 265

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 10, 2015 to Nov 14, 2016; 103 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-TX	Al Green	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-FL	Alan Grayson	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-NJ	Albio Sires	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-IN	André Carson	Original	Feb 10, 2015
R-GA	Austin Scott	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-IL	Bill Foster	Original	Feb 10, 2015
R-MI	Bill Huizenga	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Original	Feb 10, 2015
R-FL	Bill Posey	Original	Feb 10, 2015
R-TX	Blake Farenthold	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-NY	Brian Higgins	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-PA	Chaka Fattah	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-IL	Cheri Bustos	Original	Feb 10, 2015
R-UT	Chris Stewart	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen	Original	Feb 10, 2015
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-FL	Corrine Brown	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee	Original	Feb 10, 2015
R-WV	David B. McKinley	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-IA	David Loebsack	Original	Feb 10, 2015
R-OH	David P. Joyce	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-GA	David Scott	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-WA	Denny Heck	Original	Feb 10, 2015
R-AK	Don Young	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui	Original	Feb 10, 2015
R-CA	Duncan Hunter	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-CT	Elizabeth H. Esty	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-CA	Eric Swalwell	Original	Feb 10, 2015
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield	Original	Feb 10, 2015
R-PA	Glenn Thompson	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	Feb 10, 2015
R-MS	Gregg Harper	Original	Feb 10, 2015
R-KY	Harold Rogers	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Feb 10, 2015
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-RI	James R. Langevin	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-CA	Jared Huffman	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-CO	Jared Polis	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-CA	Jerry McNerney	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-CT	John B. Larson	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.	Original	Feb 10, 2015
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-MD	John K. Delaney	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-GA	John Lewis	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-NY	Joseph Crowley	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-CA	Julia Brownley	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark	Original	Feb 10, 2015
R-NJ	Leonard Lance	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Original	Feb 10, 2015
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Original	Feb 10, 2015
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-CA	Mark Takano	Original	Feb 10, 2015
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-PA	Matt Cartwright	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-CA	Michael M. Honda	Original	Feb 10, 2015
R-PA	Mike Kelly	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-CA	Mike Thompson	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-MA	Niki Tsongas	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-NY	Paul Tonko	Original	Feb 10, 2015
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Feb 10, 2015
R-NY	Peter T. King	Original	Feb 10, 2015
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble	Original	Feb 10, 2015
R-NC	Renee L. Ellmers	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-WA	Rick Larsen	Original	Feb 10, 2015
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman	Original	Feb 10, 2015
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-WI	Ron Kind	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-NY	Steve Israel	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici	Original	Feb 10, 2015
R-TX	Ted Poe	Original	Feb 10, 2015
R-KY	Thomas Massie	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-OH	Tim Ryan	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas	Original	Feb 10, 2015
D-CA	Lois Capps		Feb 11, 2015
D-MA	William R. Keating		Feb 11, 2015
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Feb 25, 2015
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Feb 25, 2015
D-CA	Janice Hahn		Feb 25, 2015
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Feb 25, 2015
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Feb 25, 2015
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Feb 25, 2015
R-MI	Tim Walberg		Feb 25, 2015
R-OK	Tom Cole		Feb 25, 2015
R-FL	Curt Clawson		Mar 3, 2015
R-WA	Dan Newhouse		Mar 3, 2015
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney		Mar 3, 2015
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Mar 4, 2015
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Mar 4, 2015
D-NC	David E. Price		Mar 16, 2015
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes		Mar 16, 2015
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		Mar 16, 2015
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney		Mar 16, 2015
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Mar 23, 2015
R-WI	Sean P. Duffy		Mar 25, 2015
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Apr 13, 2015
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Apr 13, 2015
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Apr 13, 2015
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Apr 13, 2015
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Apr 13, 2015
R-TX	Bill Flores		Apr 21, 2015
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Apr 21, 2015
R-OK	Jim Bridenstine		Apr 21, 2015
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Apr 21, 2015
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Apr 22, 2015
D-NC	Alma S. Adams		Apr 23, 2015
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Apr 23, 2015
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick		Apr 23, 2015
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick		Apr 28, 2015
R-PA	Charles W. Dent		Apr 28, 2015
D-NY	Grace Meng		Apr 28, 2015
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Apr 28, 2015
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Apr 28, 2015
R-IN	Susan W. Brooks		Apr 28, 2015
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Apr 28, 2015
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Apr 30, 2015
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		Apr 30, 2015
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Apr 30, 2015
R-TX	Kay Granger		Apr 30, 2015
R-AL	Martha Roby		Apr 30, 2015
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		Apr 30, 2015
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		May 12, 2015
R-NY	Christopher P. Gibson		May 12, 2015
R-PA	Lou Barletta		May 12, 2015
R-IL	Rodney Davis		May 12, 2015
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		May 12, 2015
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		May 15, 2015
R-AS	Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen		May 20, 2015
R-WI	Glenn Grothman		May 20, 2015
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		May 20, 2015
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Jun 1, 2015
R-CA	Paul Cook		Jun 1, 2015
R-SC	Tom Rice		Jun 1, 2015
R-FL	Carlos Curbelo		Jun 4, 2015
D-CA	Judy Chu		Jun 4, 2015
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey		Jun 4, 2015
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Jun 4, 2015
R-NV	Cresent Hardy		Jun 10, 2015
R-KS	Tim Huelskamp		Jun 10, 2015
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Jun 23, 2015
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		Jun 23, 2015
R-PA	Ryan A. Costello		Jun 23, 2015
D-IL	Tammy Duckworth		Jun 24, 2015
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Jun 25, 2015
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Jun 25, 2015
D-NM	Michelle Lujan Grisham		Jul 8, 2015
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Jul 13, 2015
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Jul 14, 2015
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Jul 14, 2015
R-NY	Richard L. Hanna		Jul 14, 2015
R-NY	Tom Reed		Jul 16, 2015
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence		Jul 21, 2015
R-TX	Brian Babin		Jul 21, 2015
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Jul 21, 2015
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw		Jul 23, 2015
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Jul 27, 2015
R-FL	David W. Jolly		Jul 28, 2015
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch		Jul 28, 2015
D-WA	Adam Smith		Jul 29, 2015
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice		Jul 29, 2015
R-CA	Darrell Issa		Sep 8, 2015
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Sep 8, 2015
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross		Sep 8, 2015
D-MD	Donna F. Edwards		Sep 8, 2015
D-CA	John Garamendi		Sep 8, 2015
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Sep 8, 2015
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Sep 8, 2015
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Sep 8, 2015
R-OH	Bob Gibbs		Sep 9, 2015
R-FL	Richard B. Nugent		Sep 9, 2015
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland		Sep 16, 2015
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Sep 16, 2015
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle		Sep 18, 2015
R-MI	Candice S. Miller		Sep 18, 2015
D-FL	Lois Frankel		Sep 24, 2015
D-VT	Peter Welch		Sep 24, 2015
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz		Sep 24, 2015
R-KS	Kevin Yoder		Sep 29, 2015
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Oct 7, 2015
D-CA	Ami Bera		Oct 9, 2015
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Oct 16, 2015
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Oct 16, 2015
D-OH	Marcia L. Fudge		Oct 16, 2015
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		Oct 20, 2015
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Oct 21, 2015
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Oct 22, 2015
R-NY	Daniel M. Donovan, Jr.		Oct 23, 2015
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez		Nov 2, 2015
R-IN	Jackie Walorski		Nov 3, 2015
R-NM	Stevan Pearce		Nov 3, 2015
R-NC	Mark Meadows		Nov 4, 2015
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.		Nov 16, 2015
D-CA	Pete Aguilar		Nov 18, 2015
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries		Nov 30, 2015
D-CA	Norma J. Torres		Dec 9, 2015
D-NE	Brad Ashford		Dec 15, 2015
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Dec 15, 2015
R-IN	Marlin A. Stutzman		Dec 15, 2015
R-FL	Ted S. Yoho		Dec 15, 2015
R-NY	Lee M. Zeldin		Dec 17, 2015
R-KS	Mike Pompeo		Dec 17, 2015
R-MI	David A. Trott		Dec 18, 2015
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Jan 5, 2016
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Jan 5, 2016
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Jan 6, 2016
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Feb 1, 2016
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Feb 1, 2016
D-CA	Sam Farr		Feb 1, 2016
R-NJ	Scott Garrett		Feb 1, 2016
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Feb 2, 2016
R-CA	David G. Valadao		Feb 3, 2016
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Feb 9, 2016
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Feb 24, 2016
D-CA	Raul Ruiz		Feb 29, 2016
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Mar 14, 2016
R-KY	Ed Whitfield		Mar 16, 2016
R-WV	Evan H. Jenkins		Apr 12, 2016
R-IA	Steve King		Apr 12, 2016
R-CA	Stephen Knight		Apr 14, 2016
D-MA	Seth Moulton		Apr 27, 2016
D-LA	Cedric L. Richmond		May 10, 2016
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry		May 12, 2016
D-MN	Richard M. Nolan		May 16, 2016
R-IA	Rod Blum		May 16, 2016
R-MO	Sam Graves		Jun 7, 2016
R-NV	Joseph J. Heck		Jun 9, 2016
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton		Jun 9, 2016
R-MI	Mike Bishop		Jun 10, 2016
R-AR	J. French Hill		Jun 16, 2016
R-GA	Jody B. Hice		Jun 22, 2016
R-ND	Kevin Cramer		Jul 6, 2016
R-CA	Tom McClintock		Jul 12, 2016
D-NV	Dina Titus		Jul 14, 2016
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Sep 9, 2016
R-IA	David Young		Sep 27, 2016
R-FL	John L. Mica		Nov 14, 2016

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Feb 10, 2015
	Social Security Subcommittee	Referred Feb 27, 2015

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 27, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Feb 10, 2015Introduced in House
Feb 10, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 22, February 10, 2015, page H918.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
—	LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE AND SUSTAIN THE MEDICARE PROGRAM66 pages	Ways and Means Committee	Jun 8, 2016

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 968	Huntington's Disease Parity Act of 2015	Identical bill	Apr 16, 2015

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To require the Commissioner of Social Security to revise the medical and evaluation criteria for determining disability in a person diagnosed with Huntington's Disease and to waive the 24-month waiting period for Medicare eligibility for individuals disabled by Huntington's Disease.
Short Titles as Introduced: Huntington's Disease Parity Act of 2015

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 10, 2015Introduced in House

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