HR 7830 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Fairness for Seniors and People with Disabilities During COVID-19 Act of 2020

Introduced Jul 29, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Danny K. Davis D-IL

Latest action · Jul 29, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.

Progress

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IntroducedJul 29, 2020
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Fairness for Seniors and People with Disabilities During COVID-19 Act of 2020

This bill restricts the recovery by the Social Security Administration (SSA) of certain overpayments of benefits made between March 1, 2020, and December 31, 2020. The bill also specifies that an individual who received Supplemental Security Income (SSI), or similar payments from a state, for any month during that period shall not be deemed ineligible for Medicaid coverage for that month on the basis that the individual is later determined to be ineligible for SSI or similar payments.

Specifically, the SSA shall not recover any overpayments of Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits, SSI benefits, or benefits for certain World War II veterans made during this period, unless the overpayments resulted from fraud or the misuse of benefits by a representative payee. For actions underway to recover overpayments, including those initiated before March 2020, the SSA must also notify individuals of their opportunity to request a reduction or suspension of adjustments to their benefits or a suspension of certain installment payments during the specified period. Additionally, the SSA must report on the time frame for resuming overpayment processing and collection activities.

Beginning in March 2020, the SSA has operated under modified work processes in response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2020) emergency, including the suspension of certain procedures for identifying changes to eligibility status and adjusting benefits to account for them. However, in August 2020, the SSA issued an interim final rule concerning the resumption of these procedures, which included a simplified waiver process for beneficiaries who incurred an overpayment between March 1, 2020, and September 30, 2020.

Cosponsors 44

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 29, 2020 to Sep 4, 2020; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Original	Jul 29, 2020
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider	Original	Jul 29, 2020
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle	Original	Jul 29, 2020
D-NY	Brian Higgins	Original	Jul 29, 2020
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee	Original	Jul 29, 2020
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.	Original	Jul 29, 2020
D-PA	Dwight Evans	Original	Jul 29, 2020
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Jul 29, 2020
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Jul 29, 2020
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez	Original	Jul 29, 2020
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta	Original	Jul 29, 2020
D-CT	John B. Larson	Original	Jul 29, 2020
D-CA	Judy Chu	Original	Jul 29, 2020
D-CA	Katie Porter	Original	Jul 29, 2020
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez	Original	Jul 29, 2020

Show all 44 cosponsors

Committees 2

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 Jul 29, 2020
	Social Security Subcommittee	Referred Jul 29, 2020
	Work and Welfare Subcommittee	Referred Jul 29, 2020
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Jul 29, 2020

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 29, 2020Introduced in House
Jul 29, 2020Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Jul 29, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Jul 29, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.

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 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution: ``The Congress shall have the Power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 134, July 29, 2020, page H3981.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 4830	Fairness for Seniors and People with Disabilities During COVID–19 Act of 2020	Related bill	Oct 21, 2020

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To provide protections to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries relating to extra payments due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Fairness for Seniors and People with Disabilities During COVID-19 Act of 2020

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 29, 2020Introduced in House

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