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vs 7,393 other HR bills in the 115th — cohort avg 50d
Health Equity and Access for Returning Troops and Servicemembers Act of 2018 or the HEARTS Act of 2018 This bill (1) exempts certain military retirees who are under 65 years of age, and who no longer receive Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, from the requirement to enroll in Medicare medical services in order to be eligible for TRICARE; (2) increases funding for the Medicare Improvement Fund; and (3) temporarily provides for Medicare coverage of certain prostate cancer DNA Specimen Provenance Assay tests.
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Filing registrants (3)
2018 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 2557/ S. 2067 - Prostate Cancer Misdiagnosis Elimination Act of 2017. H.R. 6886 - HEARTS Act of 2018.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed without objection.
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H9156-9195; text of measure as introduced: CR H9156-9157)
Mr. Johnson, Sam asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
Committee on Armed Services discharged.
Committee on Armed Services discharged.
Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
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Sources: Congress.gov
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Support for H.R. 2557 / S. 2067 - Prostate Cancer Misdiagnosis Elimination Act of 2017. Support for H.R. 6886 - HEARTS Act of 2018.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · fourth_quarter · Veterans
Lobbying in support of the FAIR Heroes Act (HR 4571, S 2117) and HEARTS Act of 2018 (HR 6886) (to improve insurance options for chapter 61 military retirees who qualify for Medicare Part B and TRICARE); the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2018 (HR 299) (to provide medical treatment to veterans exposed to Agent Orange); the Veterans Affairs Medical Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act (HR 5418) (to improve purchasing practices); the Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Improvement Act of 2017 (S 1990) (to increase amounts payable by VA for dependents when a veteran is rated totally disabled at the time of death); and research for draft and developing legislation on toxic exposure, GI Bill benefits, medicinal cannabis, and suicide prevention. Request for memorandum of agreement with Department of Veterans Affairs regarding Wounded Warrior Project mental health programming.
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2018 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 2557/ S. 2067 - Prostate Cancer Misdiagnosis Elimination Act of 2017. H.R. 6886 - HEARTS Act of 2018.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Support for H.R. 2557 / S. 2067 - Prostate Cancer Misdiagnosis Elimination Act of 2017. Support for H.R. 6886 - HEARTS Act of 2018.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Legislation affecting medical diagnostics and prostate cancer. H.R. 2557/S. 2067 - Prostate Cancer Misdiagnosis Elimination Act of 2017; and H.R. 6886 - HEARTS Act of 2018.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Armed Services, 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.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
| Discharged from |
| September 28, 2018 |
| Armed Services Committee | House | Referred to | September 25, 2018 |
| Energy and Commerce Committee | House | Referred to | September 25, 2018 |
| Ways and Means Committee | House | Referred to | September 25, 2018 |
| Republican |
| IN |