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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2048 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the waiting periods |
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| 6 | 6 | | for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for individuals |
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| 7 | 7 | | with metastatic breast cancer, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH11, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. G |
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| 11 | 11 | | ARBARINO(for himself, Ms. CASTORof Florida, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and |
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| 12 | 12 | | Ms. C |
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| 13 | 13 | | HU) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- |
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| 14 | 14 | | mittee on Ways and Means |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate |
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| 17 | 17 | | the waiting periods for disability insurance benefits and |
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| 18 | 18 | | Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast |
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| 19 | 19 | | cancer, and for other purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Metastatic Breast Can-4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | cer Access to Care Act’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •HR 2048 IH |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF WAITING PERIOD FOR INDIVID-1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | UALS WITH METASTATIC BREAST CANCER. 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (a) I |
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| 31 | 31 | | NGENERAL.—Section 223(a) of the Social Secu-3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | rity Act (42 U.S.C. 423(a)) is amended— 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) in paragraph (1), in the matter following 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | subparagraph (E), by inserting ‘‘or metastatic 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | breast cancer’’ after ‘‘amyotrophic lateral sclerosis’’; 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | and 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (2) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ‘‘or (iii)’’ 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | after ‘‘clause (ii)’’. 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (b) E |
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| 40 | 40 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | this section shall apply with respect to applications for dis-12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ability insurance benefits filed after the date of the enact-13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ment of this Act. 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | SEC. 3. WAIVER OF 24-MONTH WAITING PERIOD FOR MEDI-15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | CARE COVERAGE OF INDIVIDUALS WITH 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | METASTATIC BREAST CANCER. 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (a) I |
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| 48 | 48 | | NGENERAL.—Section 226(h) of the Social Secu-18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | rity Act (42 U.S.C. 426(h)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | metastatic breast cancer’’ after ‘‘amyotrophic lateral scle-20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | rosis (ALS)’’. 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (b) E |
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| 53 | 53 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | this section shall apply to benefits for months beginning 23 |
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| 55 | 55 | | after the date of the enactment of this Act. 24 |
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| 56 | 56 | | Æ |
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