3.0.0 2371 2022-11-01T20:02:14Z 2022-11-01T20:02:14Z House HR 2019-04-25 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 68 (Thursday, April 25, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. THOMPSON of California:H.R. 2371.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I[Page H3284]]]> hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing hsas02 Military Personnel Subcommittee Referred to 2019-04-26T19:39:36Z Referred to 2019-04-25T20:02:35Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2019-04-26T19:15:49Z Referred to 2019-04-25T20:02:25Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2019-04-25T20:36:41Z Referred to 2019-04-25T20:02:30Z HEARTS and Rural Relief Act 116 3416 HR 2019-06-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS HEARTS and Rural Relief Act 116 3429 HR 2020-12-07 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-620, Part I. Related bill CRS 2019-04-26 hsas02 Military Personnel Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Committee 2019-04-26 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2019-04-25 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2019-04-25 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2019-04-25 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2019-04-25 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2019-04-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-04-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress T000460 Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5] MIKE THOMPSON D CA 5 N F000465 Rep. Ferguson, A. Drew, IV [R-GA-3] A. Ferguson R GA Drew 3 2019-04-25 True Health Cancer Congressional oversight Health care costs and insurance Health information and medical records Medical tests and diagnostic methods Medicare Military medicine Veterans' medical care Health 00 2019-04-25 Introduced in House 2020-06-02T18:20:13Z Health Equity and Access for Returning Troops and Servicemembers Act of 2019 or the HEARTS Act of 2019

This bill makes a series of changes relating to Medicare coverage and requirements, particularly with respect to military retirees.

Specifically, the 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.

]]> HEARTS Act of 2019 Display Title HEARTS Act of 2019 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 10, United States Code, to modify the requirement for certain former members of the Armed Forces to enroll in Medicare Part B to be eligible for TRICARE for Life, and to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of certain DNA specimen provenance assay tests under the Medicare program. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced HEARTS Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Health Equity and Access for Returning Troops and Servicemembers Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr2371ih/xml/BILLS-116hr2371ih.xml 2019-04-26 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.