HR 2729
104th Congress
House
Health
Armed Forces and National Security
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Insurance premiums
Medicare
Military base closures
Military bases
Military dependents
Military hospitals
Military personnel
Retired military personnel
Veterans' medical care
To amend the Social Security Act to provide for the waiver of the Medicare part B late enrollment penalty and the establishment of a special enrollment period for certain military retirees and their dependents.
Introduced: December 6, 1995
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Introduced
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Dec 18, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Dec 11, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 6, 1995
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Dec 6, 1995
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make special provisions, including waiver of the Medicare part B late enrollment penalty and establishment of a special enrollment period, for the enrollment of certain military retirees and their dependents who are adversely affected by the closure of a Department of Defense military medical treatment facility pursuant to a closure or realignment of a military installation.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
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