HR 576 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Seniors Have Eyes, Ears, and Teeth Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 1, 2019 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. IntroducedJan 15, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Seniors Have Eyes, Ears, and Teeth Act

This bill expands Medicare coverage to include eyeglasses, hearing aids, and dental care.

Cosponsors 86

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 15, 2019 to Oct 16, 2019, with 78 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-VAA. Donald McEachinOriginalJan 15, 2019
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalJan 15, 2019
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalJan 15, 2019
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalJan 15, 2019
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalJan 15, 2019
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJan 15, 2019
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalJan 15, 2019
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalJan 15, 2019
D-ILBill FosterOriginalJan 15, 2019
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalJan 15, 2019
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalJan 15, 2019
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalJan 15, 2019
D-PABrendan F. BoyleOriginalJan 15, 2019
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalJan 15, 2019
D-ILCheri BustosOriginalJan 15, 2019

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 1, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Jan 25, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  3. Jan 15, 2019Introduced in House
  4. Jan 15, 2019Referred 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.
  5. Jan 15, 2019Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H551-552)

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 15, 2019Introduced in House

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