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HR 2178 116th Congress House

Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act

Official title: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the waiting periods for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for individuals with meta… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the waiting periods for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast cancer, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 6, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Apr 9, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Apr 9, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 9, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 9, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act

This bill exempts individuals with metastatic breast cancer from certain waiting periods for disability insurance benefits under the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program and related Medicare coverage.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 142
All 142 Democratic 86 Republican 21
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Ruiz, Raul
California · Dec 9, 2020
McNerney, Jerry
· Oct 30, 2020
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Oct 30, 2020
 D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Sep 11, 2020
 D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Sep 11, 2020
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Sep 11, 2020
 R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Sep 4, 2020
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Sep 4, 2020
Lamb, Conor
· Sep 4, 2020
 D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · Sep 4, 2020
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Sep 4, 2020
 D
Schneider, Bradley Scott
Illinois · Sep 4, 2020
 R
Westerman, Bruce
Arkansas · Sep 4, 2020
 R
Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"
Arkansas · Aug 14, 2020
 D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Aug 14, 2020
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Aug 14, 2020
Taylor, Van
· Aug 14, 2020
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Aug 14, 2020
 D
Fletcher, Lizzie
Texas · Jul 21, 2020
Luria, Elaine
· Jul 21, 2020
 D
Harder, Josh
California · Jul 20, 2020
 R
Turner, Michael R.
Ohio · Jul 20, 2020
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Jul 9, 2020
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Jul 9, 2020
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Jul 9, 2020
Cartwright, Matt
· Jul 9, 2020
 D
Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
California · Jul 9, 2020
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Jul 9, 2020
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Jul 9, 2020
 R
Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Jul 9, 2020
 D
Houlahan, Chrissy
Pennsylvania · Jul 9, 2020
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Jul 9, 2020
Lawrence, Brenda
· Jul 9, 2020
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jul 9, 2020
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 9, 2020
 D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
New York · Jul 9, 2020
ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE
· Jul 9, 2020
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Jul 9, 2020
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Jul 9, 2020
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Feb 13, 2020
Malinowski, Tom
· Feb 11, 2020
 D
Lee, Susie
Nevada · Jan 8, 2020
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jan 8, 2020
Deutch, Theodore
· Nov 22, 2019
 R
Bost, Mike
Illinois · Nov 14, 2019
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Oct 30, 2019
 D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · Oct 30, 2019
 D
Correa, J. Luis
California · Oct 17, 2019
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Oct 16, 2019
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Sep 19, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2178: Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2178/
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"H.R. 2178: Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2178/.
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