HEARTS Act
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Apr 28, 2017)
Health Equity and Access for Returning Troops and Servicemembers Act or the HEARTS Act
This bill extends TRICARE eligibility to certain former members of the Armed Forces regardless of whether they enroll (as required under current law) in Medicare's supplementary medical insurance program. Specifically, the bill applies to former members who are: (1) younger than 65 years of age, (2) medically retired from the Armed Forces, and (3) entitled to Medicare hospital insurance benefits on the basis of their former entitlement to disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act.
Furthermore, these former members shall not be subject to late-enrollment penalties under Medicare's supplemental medical insurance program.
The Department of Defense must coordinate with the Department of Health and Human Services to: (1) identify former members to which the bill applies, (2) counsel those former members on the effects of declining to enroll in Medicare's supplemental medical insurance program, and (3) report to Congress on specified issues related to the bill's implementation.
What just happenedMay 23, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseApr 28, 2017
- May 23, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Military Personnel Subcommittee - May 11, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - May 5, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Apr 28, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, 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.
Ways and Means Committee - Apr 28, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, 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.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Apr 28, 2017IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, 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.
- Apr 28, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, 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.
Armed Services Committee - Apr 28, 2017IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Apr 28, 2017IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House