Expanding Health Care Options for First Responders Act
- Last Action
- 12/17/2024
Actions
- 2024-12-17Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2023-11-03Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2023-10-25Referred 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.
- 2023-10-25Referred 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.
- 2023-10-24Introduced in House
- 2023-10-24Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-10-24 (00)
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.
Cosponsors (14)
- Julia Brownley (D-CA)
- Sean Casten (D-IL)
- Lois Frankel (D-FL)
- MARCY KAPTUR (D-OH)
- Joe Neguse (D-CO)
- Darren Soto (D-FL)
- Dina Titus (D-NV)
- Marc Veasey (D-TX)
- Andy Kim (D-NJ)
- Mike Levin (D-CA)
- Patrick Ryan (D-NY)
- Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)
- Angie Craig (D-MN)
- Greg Landsman (D-OH)
Subjects
- Advisory bodies
- Disability and paralysis
- Fires
- First responders and emergency personnel
- Government trust funds
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health programs administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- Medicaid
- Medicare
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