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HEARTS Act of 2018

Introduced: September 25, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 13 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 1, 2018
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sep 28, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 28, 2018
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 28, 2018
On passage Passed without objection.
Sep 28, 2018
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
Sep 28, 2018
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H9156-9195; text of measure as introduced: CR H9156-9157)
Sep 28, 2018
Mr. Johnson, Sam asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
Sep 28, 2018
Committee on Armed Services discharged.
Sep 28, 2018
Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
Sep 28, 2018
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Sep 26, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Sep 25, 2018
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Armed Services, 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.
Sep 25, 2018
Introduced in House
 Amendments to this bill 1

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1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
HAMDT 971 — To strike all after the enacting clause and insert complete new text entitled "Health Equity and Access for R… Agreed to Sep 28, 2018
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Health Equity and Access for Returning Troops and Servicemembers Act of 2018 or the HEARTS Act of 2018

This bill (1) exempts certain military retirees who are under 65 years of age, and who no longer receive Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, from the requirement to enroll in Medicare medical services in order to be eligible for TRICARE; (2) increases funding for the Medicare Improvement Fund; and (3) temporarily provides for Medicare coverage of certain prostate cancer DNA Specimen Provenance Assay tests.

What's happening now October 1, 2018

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 2
 Bill text 3 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Sep 27, 2018
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Sep 25, 2018
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6886: HEARTS Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6886/
MLA
"H.R. 6886: HEARTS Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6886/.
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H.R. 6886, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6886/.
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