UPDATE: S.1374 – 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.

LATEST ACTION: May 8, 2019 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

BILL TITLE: 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.

[NOTE: The contents of this legislative update are current as of 06:00 AM on May 9, 2019.]

BILL NUMBER: 116th Congress: Senate Bill 1374 (S.1374)

CHAMBER OF ORIGIN: U.S. Senate

CURRENT CHAMBER: U.S. Senate

For DETAILED LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION on S.1374, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1374

BILL TEXT: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1374/text

ACTIONS-TO-DATE (ordered by most recent first):

05/08/2019 -- Senate -- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

05/08/2019 -- Senate -- Introduced in Senate.

SPONSOR(S)*:

-- Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ]

CO-SPONSOR(S)*:

[*Note: Sponsors and co-sponsors are current as of May 8, 2019. For the most up-to-date version of the sponsor and co-sponsor lists, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1374/cosponsors ]

-- Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]

COMMITTEES: Senate Finance Committee.