HR 1708 111th Congress House Health Disability and paralysis Health care coverage and access Health promotion and preventive care Medical research Medicare

Ending the Medicare Disability Waiting Period Act of 2009

Introduced: March 25, 2009 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Mar 26, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Mar 26, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

Mar 25, 2009

Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure

Mar 25, 2009

Referred to House Energy and Commerce

Mar 25, 2009

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.

Mar 25, 2009

Referred to House Ways and Means

Mar 25, 2009

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ending the Medicare Disability Waiting Period Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) phase out the waiting period for disabled individuals to become eligible for benefits under SSA title XVIII (Medicare); and (2) eliminate the waiting period for individuals with life-threatening conditions to become eligible for such benefits.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to request the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to study the range of disability conditions that can be delayed or prevented if individuals receive access to health care services and coverage before a condition reaches disability levels.

What's happening now March 26, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Committees of jurisdiction 5