3.0.0 3442 2026-05-13T11:03:32Z 2026-05-13T11:03:32Z Senate S S 2025-12-11 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3442 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-12-11T18:37:52Z Referred To 2025-12-11T18:37:52Z Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act 119 2048 HR 2025-03-11 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Identical bill CRS 2025-12-11 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2025-12-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. N M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2025-12-11 True R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD 2026-01-28 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2026-01-28 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2026-02-04 False C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2026-02-04 False A000382 Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD] Angela Alsobrooks D MD 2026-05-12 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2026-05-12 False Social Welfare Social Welfare 2026-01-08T19:39:24Z 00 2025-12-11 Introduced in Senate 2026-04-03T19:32:20Z Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act

This bill expedites payment of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits and eligibility for Medicare coverage for those with metastatic breast cancer (i.e., breast cancer that has spread to other sites in the body).

Specifically, the bill eliminates the 5-month waiting period for SSDI benefits and the subsequent 24-month waiting period for Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast cancer. Under current law, individuals generally must wait 5 months after the onset of disability to begin receiving SSDI benefits and an additional 24 months to become eligible for Medicare.

]]> Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act Display Title 45 Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act 2026-05-13T11:03:32Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act 2026-01-06T06:24:15Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the waiting periods for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast cancer, and for other purposes. 2026-01-06T06:18:33Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2025-12-11T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s3442is/xml/BILLS-119s3442is.xml 2025-12-11 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.