Expanding Health Care Options for First Responders Act
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide an option for first responders age 50 to 64 who are separated from service due to retirement or disability to buy into Medicare.
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Expanding Health Care Options for First Responders Act
This bill establishes a Medicare buy-in option for certain qualifying first responders.
Specifically, the bill allows first responders aged 50 to 64 to enroll in Medicare if they are retired or otherwise separated from service due to a disability. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must determine enrollment periods and set premiums for the buy-in option established under the bill, in accordance with specified requirements. The CMS must also award grants to states and nonprofit organizations for outreach and enrollment activities relating to the buy-in option.
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- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6147: Expanding Health Care Options for First Responders Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6147/
"H.R. 6147: Expanding Health Care Options for First Responders Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6147/.
H.R. 6147, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6147/.
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