Connecting Caregivers to Medicare Act of 2024
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.
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 35
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 7, 2024 to Nov 1, 2024; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Feb 7, 2024 |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | Mar 5, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Mar 11, 2024 | |
| R-VA | Jennifer A. Kiggans | Mar 15, 2024 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Mar 22, 2024 | |
| D-CO | Yadira Caraveo | Apr 9, 2024 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Apr 23, 2024 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | May 7, 2024 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | May 28, 2024 | |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Jun 4, 2024 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Jun 7, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Jun 25, 2024 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Jun 26, 2024 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Jul 2, 2024 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Jul 2, 2024 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jul 2, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Jul 2, 2024 | |
| R-NY | Andrew R. Garbarino | Jul 9, 2024 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Jul 9, 2024 | |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Jul 10, 2024 | |
| R-KY | Andy Barr | Jul 11, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Jul 15, 2024 | |
| D-NC | Valerie P. Foushee | Jul 18, 2024 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Jul 30, 2024 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Aug 2, 2024 | |
| R-TX | August Pfluger | Aug 6, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Aug 9, 2024 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Aug 16, 2024 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Aug 23, 2024 | |
| D-VA | Jennifer L. McClellan | Aug 30, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Sep 19, 2024 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Oct 4, 2024 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Oct 25, 2024 | |
| D-AK | Mary Sattler Peltola | Oct 25, 2024 | |
| D-NC | Wiley Nickel | Nov 1, 2024 |
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 Feb 7, 2024 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Dec 17, 2024 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 7, 2024 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 9, 2024 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 9, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 7, 2024Introduced in House
- Feb 7, 2024Referred 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.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 22, February 7, 2024, page H537.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 118-84 | EVERYDAY HEROES: SUPPORTING THE VETERAN CAREGIVER COMMUNITY116 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Sep 25, 2024 |
| S. Hrg. 118-259 | MEDICARE AND MEDICARE ADVANTAGE: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES WITH ENROLLMENT50 pages | Aging (Special) Committee | Feb 23, 2024 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3766 | Connecting Caregivers to Medicare Act of 2024 | Identical bill | Feb 7, 2024 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for outreach and education to Medicare beneficiaries to simplify access to information for family caregivers through 1-800-MEDICARE, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Connecting Caregivers to Medicare Act of 2024
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 7, 2024Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
