3.0.0 2243 2023-01-11T13:35:53Z 2023-01-11T13:35:53Z House HR 2017-04-28 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 73 (Friday, April 28, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:H.R. 2243.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1[Page H2973]]]> hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing hsas02 Military Personnel Subcommittee Referred to 2017-05-23T16:25:13Z Referred to 2017-04-28T13:03:10Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2017-05-11T16:28:57Z Referred to 2017-04-28T13:03:20Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2017-05-05T15:26:25Z Referred to 2017-04-28T13:03:15Z HEARTS Act of 2018 115 6886 HR 2018-10-01 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS HEARTS Act 115 1461 S 2017-06-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Related bill CRS 2017-05-23 hsas02 Military Personnel Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Committee 2017-05-11 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2017-05-05 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2017-04-28 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2017-04-28 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2017-04-28 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2017-04-28 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2017-04-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-04-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress J000174 Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] SAM JOHNSON R TX 3 N R000582 Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1] David Roe R TN P. 1 2017-04-28 True W000799 Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] Timothy Walz D MN J. 1 2017-04-28 True S001189 Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8] Austin Scott R GA 8 2017-05-03 False A000372 Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12] Rick Allen R GA W. 12 2017-05-03 False L000564 Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5] Doug Lamborn R CO 5 2017-05-03 False K000188 Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] RON KIND D WI 3 2017-05-18 False P000592 Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2] Ted Poe R TX 2 2017-05-18 False K000379 Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] Joseph Kennedy D MA P. 4 2017-11-28 False Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Health care costs and insurance Medicare Military medicine Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-04-28 Introduced in House 2017-09-18T18:46:15Z 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.

]]> HEARTS Act Display Title HEARTS Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the eligibility of certain former members of the Armed Forces who are medically retired and who are entitled to hospital insurance benefits under Medicare part A by reason of previous entitlement to social security disability insurance benefits to enroll in the TRICARE program regardless of whether such members decline enrollment under Medicare part B, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced HEARTS Act Short Titles as Introduced Health Equity and Access for Returning Troops and Servicemembers Act Introduced in House 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr2243ih/xml/BILLS-115hr2243ih.xml 2017-05-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. 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.