3.0.0 968 2023-01-11T13:27:23Z 2023-01-11T13:27:23Z Senate S 2015-04-16 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-04-16T14:42:40Z Huntington's Disease Parity Act of 2015 114 842 HR 2015-02-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. Identical bill CRS 2015-04-16 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-04-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. N C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2015-04-16 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2015-05-05 False P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2015-05-05 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2015-05-13 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2015-06-22 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2015-06-22 False M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2015-06-22 False B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2015-07-28 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2015-09-10 False K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 2015-09-10 False H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2015-09-21 False U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2015-09-22 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2015-09-30 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2015-11-17 False B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2015-12-14 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2015-12-15 False M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2015-12-15 False M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2016-02-11 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2016-02-29 False B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2016-07-14 False Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Hereditary and development disorders Medicare Neurological disorders Poverty and welfare assistance Social Security Administration Social security and elderly assistance Health 00 2015-04-16 Introduced in Senate 2015-05-07T19:59:07Z 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 Display Title Huntington's Disease Parity Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Commissioner of Social Security to revise the medical and evaluation criteria for determining disability in a person diagnosed with Huntington's Disease and to waive the 24-month waiting period for Medicare eligibility for individuals disabled by Huntington's Disease. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Huntington's Disease Parity Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s968is/xml/BILLS-114s968is.xml 2015-04-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.