ABC Act
Official title: To require the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Commissioner of Social Security to review and simplify the processes, proc… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To require the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Commissioner of Social Security to review and simplify the processes, procedures, forms, and communications for family caregivers to assist individuals in establishing eligibility for, enrolling in, and maintaining and utilizing coverage and benefits under the Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and Social Security programs respectively, and for other purposes.
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Referred to the Committee on Energy and 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.
Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers Act or the ABC Act
This bill requires federal agencies to review and modify the administrative processes related to Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Social Security programs in order to streamline these processes for family caregivers.
Specifically, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA) must review processes related to eligibility determinations, applications, forms, and communications for these programs and identify ways to simplify and streamline these processes for family caregivers (e.g., reducing the need for family caregivers to submit the same information for multiple programs). The CMS and SSA must solicit input from family caregivers and state and regional organizations, implement any identified improvements, and report on these efforts to Congress.
In addition, the CMS must issue a letter to state Medicaid and CHIP programs that encourages states to conduct a similar review and that provides potential improvements.
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- THE ALS ASSOCIATION
- NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE
- PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
- THE MICHAEL J. FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH
- SMITHBUCKLIN CORPORATION
- THE ALS ASSOCIATION
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
- Social Security Administration (SSA)
- Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2491: ABC Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2491/
"H.R. 2491: ABC Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2491/.
H.R. 2491, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2491/.
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