US HB4386 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 52-2)
Status: Introduced on September 18 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-09-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on September 18 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-09-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Eliminates the 5-month waiting period that applies to the payment of certain Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits for workers and surviving spouses and the 24-month waiting period that applies to Medicare coverage for workers who are eligible for SSDI benefits. In addition, the National Academy of Medicine must study disabling conditions that can be delayed or prevented if individuals access health care services and coverage before the condition reaches disability levels.
Title
Stop the Wait Act
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2019-09-19 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. |
2019-09-19 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
2019-09-18 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. |
2019-09-18 | House | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. |
2019-09-18 | House | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. |
2019-09-18 | House | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. |
2019-09-18 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB2496 (Same As) 2019-09-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Subjects
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Medical research
Medicare
Social welfare
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Medical research
Medicare
Social welfare
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4386/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4386/BILLS-116hr4386ih.pdf |