HR 6573 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Help Our Heroes Access Medicine Act of 2020

Introduced Apr 21, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Lisa Blunt Rochester D-DE

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 21, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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.

IntroducedApr 21, 2020
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Help Our Heroes Access Medicine Act of 2020

This bill allows the Department of Defense to waive cost-sharing requirements under the TRICARE pharmacy benefits program during a declared national or public health emergency.

Cosponsors 14

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 21, 2020 to Aug 14, 2020, with 8 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-IN	André Carson	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-FL	Darren Soto	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-WA	Denny Heck	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-HI	Ed Case	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-VA	Elaine G. Luria	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Apr 23, 2020
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Apr 23, 2020
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Apr 23, 2020
R-OK	Tom Cole		May 22, 2020
D-NV	Dina Titus		Jun 4, 2020
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi		Aug 14, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 21, 2020Introduced in House
Apr 21, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 3979	TRICARE Prescription Relief Act	Related bill	Jun 17, 2020

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

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Apr 21, 2020Introduced in House

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