S 578 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019

Introduced Feb 27, 2019 Originated Senate Sponsor Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI

Fact sheet

Latest action · Dec 22, 2020 Became Public Law No: 116-250.

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. IntroducedFeb 27, 2019
  2. Passed SenateDec 2, 2020
  3. Passed HouseDec 8, 2020
  4. To the PresidentDec 11, 2020
  5. Became lawDec 22, 2020

Summary

ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019

This bill eliminates the five-month waiting period for disability benefits under the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (a progressive neurodegenerative disease, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord). Under current law, individuals must wait five months after becoming disabled before their disability insurance benefit payments may begin.

Recorded votes 1

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll callQuestionResultDate
Senate 250Bill Passed96–1Dec 2, 2020

Cosponsors 67

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2019 to Oct 1, 2020, with 39 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalFeb 27, 2019
I-MEAngus S. King Jr.OriginalFeb 27, 2019
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalFeb 27, 2019
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalFeb 27, 2019
R-LABill CassidyOriginalFeb 27, 2019
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalFeb 27, 2019
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalFeb 27, 2019
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsOriginalFeb 27, 2019
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalFeb 27, 2019
D-MIDebbie StabenowOriginalFeb 27, 2019
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalFeb 27, 2019
D-ALDoug JonesOriginalFeb 27, 2019
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalFeb 27, 2019
D-MAElizabeth WarrenOriginalFeb 27, 2019
D-RIJack ReedOriginalFeb 27, 2019
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Actions 19

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 22, 2020Became Public Law No: 116-250.
  2. Dec 22, 2020Signed by President.
  3. Dec 11, 2020Presented to President.
  4. Dec 8, 2020Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6988-6991)
  5. Dec 8, 2020DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 578.
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Amendments 1

Amendments offered to this bill.

AmendmentDescriptionOffered byStatus
SA 2689To increase the overpayment collection threshold for old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits.Chuck Grassley R-IAAmendment SA 2689, under the order of 12/01/20, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1407ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019Related billFeb 27, 2019

Subjects

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

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. —Enrolled Bill
  2. Dec 2, 2020Engrossed in Senate
  3. Feb 27, 2019Introduced in Senate

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