US HB6662 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on September 17 2018 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-09-17 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on September 17 2018 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-09-17 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Summary
Empowering Seniors' Enrollment Decision Act of 2018 This bill provides statutory authority for the extension of a special enrollment period under Medicare Advantage (MA) to enrollees in certain Medicare Cost plans that are not transitioning into qualifying MA plans. Current regulations allow such enrollees (i.e., non-deemed individuals) to participate in the special enrollment period.
Title
Empowering Seniors' Enrollment Decision Act of 2018
Sponsors
| Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN] | Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-17 | Senate | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| 2018-09-12 | House | The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection. |
| 2018-09-12 | House | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| 2018-09-12 | House | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8120-8121) |
| 2018-09-12 | House | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6662. |
| 2018-09-12 | House | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8120-8121) |
| 2018-09-12 | House | Mr. Paulsen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. |
| 2018-09-10 | House | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 726. |
| 2018-09-10 | House | Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged. |
| 2018-09-10 | House | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 115-935, Part I. |
| 2018-09-05 | House | Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote. |
| 2018-09-05 | House | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. |
| 2018-08-10 | House | 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. |
| 2018-08-10 | House | 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. |
| 2018-08-10 | House | Introduced in House |
