US Congress Senate Bill 968 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-4-1)
Status: Introduced on April 16 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-04-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Huntington's Disease Parity Act of 2015 Directs the Commissioner of Social Security, for purposes of determining cognitive, behavioral, and physical disability under titles II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act (SSAct), to amend specified Listings of Impairments by providing medical and evaluation criteria for Huntington's Disease. Amends SSAct title II to waive the 24-month waiting period for coverage under the program under SSAct title XVIII (Medicare) for individuals diagnosed with Huntington's Disease.

Huntington's Disease Parity Act of 2015

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Angus King [I-ME]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]
Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]
Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Claire McCaskill [D-MO]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-16	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB842 (Related) 2015-02-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/968/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s968/BILLS-114s968is.pdf