Expanding Health Care Options for First Responders Act
Latest action · Dec 17, 2024 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.
- IntroducedOct 24, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Expanding Health Care Options for First Responders 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 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 24, 2023 to Apr 29, 2024, with 8 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Original | Oct 24, 2023 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Oct 24, 2023 |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Original | Oct 24, 2023 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | Oct 24, 2023 |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Original | Oct 24, 2023 |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Original | Oct 24, 2023 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Oct 24, 2023 |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Original | Oct 24, 2023 |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Nov 1, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Dec 11, 2023 | |
| D-NY | Patrick Ryan | Jan 10, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Mar 11, 2024 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Mar 20, 2024 | |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Apr 29, 2024 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Nov 3, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Oct 25, 2023Referred 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.
- Oct 24, 2023Introduced in House
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3113 | Expanding Health Care Options for First Responders Act | Related bill | Oct 24, 2023 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 25, 2023Introduced in House
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