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HR 723 111th Congress House Social Welfare Disability and paralysis Medicare Social security and elderly assistance

Social Security and Medicare Improved Burn Injury Treatment Access Act of 2009

Introduced: January 27, 2009 Introduced by: Neal, Richard E. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Jan 27, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 27, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E153)
Jan 27, 2009
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Social Security and Medicare Improved Burn Injury Treatment Access Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to direct the Commissioner of Social Security to waive the application of the five-month Social Security disability waiting period in cases of individuals with disabling burn injuries.

Eliminates the 24-month Medicare disability waiting period in cases of individuals with disabling burn injuries, except those with specified health care insurance coverage. Requires that, in determining when the entitlement or status of an individual with a disabling burn injury terminates, the status of the disability be reviewed at least once every three years.

What's happening now January 27, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 723: Social Security and Medicare Improved Burn Injury Treatment Access Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-723/
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"H.R. 723: Social Security and Medicare Improved Burn Injury Treatment Access Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-723/.
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H.R. 723, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-723/.
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