Expanding Health Care Options for Early Retirees Act
Latest action · Jun 25, 2021 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.
- IntroducedJun 24, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Expanding Health Care Options for Early Retirees Act
This bill establishes a Medicare buy-in option for certain qualifying first responders.
Specifically, the bill allows first responders aged 50 to 64 to enroll in Medicare if they are retired or otherwise separated from service due to a disability. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must determine enrollment periods and set premiums for the buy-in option established under the bill, in accordance with specified requirements. The CMS must also award grants to states and nonprofit organizations for outreach and enrollment activities relating to the buy-in option.
Cosponsors 32
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 24, 2021 to May 31, 2022, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Jun 24, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Original | Jun 24, 2021 |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Original | Jun 24, 2021 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Jul 1, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Jul 22, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jul 22, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Aug 6, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Sep 17, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Sep 17, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Dec 14, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Dec 14, 2021 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Feb 18, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Mar 8, 2022 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Mar 8, 2022 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Mar 8, 2022 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Mar 8, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Mar 8, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Mar 8, 2022 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Mar 9, 2022 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Mar 9, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Mar 9, 2022 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Mar 9, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Mar 9, 2022 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Mar 16, 2022 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Apr 11, 2022 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Apr 11, 2022 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Apr 11, 2022 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Apr 11, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Apr 27, 2022 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | May 6, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | May 31, 2022 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 25, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 24, 2021Introduced in House
- Jun 24, 2021Referred 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.
- Jun 24, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2236 | Expanding Health Care Options for Early Retirees Act | Identical bill | Jun 24, 2021 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 24, 2021Introduced in House
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