H.R. 2235 · 111th Congress

To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the penalty for late enrollment under part B of the Medicare Program to 10 percent and twice the period of no enrollment, and to exclude periods of COBRA and retiree coverage from such late enrollment penalty.

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
Barney Frank
Introduced
2009-05-04
Latest action
2009-05-05 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Action history

  1. 2009-05-05Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. 2009-05-04Introduced in House
  3. 2009-05-04Referred to House Energy and Commerce
  4. 2009-05-04Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
  5. 2009-05-04Referred to House Ways and Means