UPDATE: S.578 – ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019

LATEST ACTION: December 22, 2020 - Signed by President.

BILL TITLE: ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019

BILL SUMMARY:

ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019

This bill eliminates the five-month waiting period for disability benefits under the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (a progressive neurodegenerative disease, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord). Under current law, individuals must wait five months after becoming disabled before their disability insurance benefit payments may begin.

[NOTE: The contents of this legislative update are current as of 06:00 AM on December 24, 2020.]

BILL NUMBER: 116th Congress: Senate Bill 578 (S.578)

CHAMBER OF ORIGIN: U.S. Senate

CURRENT CHAMBER: U.S. House of Representatives

For DETAILED LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION on S.578, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/578

BILL TEXT: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/578/text

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

12/11/2020 -- House -- Presented to President.

12/08/2020 -- House -- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

12/08/2020 -- House -- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6988)

12/08/2020 -- House -- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 578.

12/08/2020 -- House -- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6988-6991)

12/08/2020 -- House -- Mr. Larson (CT) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

12/03/2020 -- House -- Held at the desk.

12/03/2020 -- House -- Received in the House.

12/03/2020 -- Senate -- Message on Senate action sent to the House.

12/02/2020 -- Senate -- Passed Senate, under the order of 12/01/20, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 96 - 1. Record Vote Number: 250. (text: CR S7164)

12/02/2020 -- Senate -- Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.

12/02/2020 -- Senate -- Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7157, S7163-7164)

02/27/2019 -- Senate -- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

02/27/2019 -- Senate -- Introduced in Senate.

SPONSOR(S)*:

-- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]

CO-SPONSOR(S)*:

[*Note: Sponsors and co-sponsors are current as of December 22, 2020. For the most up-to-date version of the sponsor and co-sponsor lists, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/578/cosponsors ]

-- Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]

-- Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]

-- Sen. Tillis, Thom [R-NC]

-- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]

-- Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]

-- Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]

-- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND]

-- Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]

-- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]

-- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]

-- Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]

-- Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]

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

-- Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]

-- Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]

-- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]

-- Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]

-- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]

-- Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]

-- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]

-- Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]

-- Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]

-- Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]

-- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]

-- Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]

-- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]

-- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]

-- Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]

-- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]

-- Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]

-- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]

-- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]

-- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]

-- Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]

-- Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL]

-- Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]

-- Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]

-- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]

-- Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ]

-- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]

-- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]

-- Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]

-- Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]

-- Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]

-- Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]

-- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]

-- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]

-- Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]

-- Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]

-- Sen. Loeffler, Kelly [R-GA]

-- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]

-- Sen. Romney, Mitt [R-UT]

-- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]

-- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]

-- Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]

-- Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]

-- Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]

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

-- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]

-- Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]

-- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]

-- Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]

-- Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]

-- Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]

-- Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]

-- Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]

-- Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]

COMMITTEES: Senate Finance Committee.

SUBJECTS: Disability assistance, Neurological disorders.