Survival Aid For Emergencies through Medicare Act
This bill adds Medicare coverage for "home resiliency services" to help vulnerable beneficiaries prepare for disasters. It covers medically necessary items like heat pumps for temperature-sensitive patients, solar batteries for medical equipment users (e.g., home ventilators), and energy-efficient cold storage for heat-sensitive medicines. Medicare will pay 100% of the cost for these services if the Secretary determines an individual is medically vulnerable during climate or manmade disasters, based on factors like chronic conditions, medical equipment reliance, and regional climate risks. It directly affects Medicare beneficiaries with chronic health needs who face heightened risks during extreme weather or infrastructure failures.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jun 27, 2023
Last action Dec 17, 2024
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3
Dec 17, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Jun 30, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Jun 27, 2023
Committee
Referred 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.
lower
Jun 27, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 14 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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Party
State
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P
Maxwell Frost
DDemocratic
Co
Cori Bush
DDemocratic
Co
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
DDemocratic
Co
Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
Co
Frederica S. Wilson
DDemocratic
Co
Greg Casar
DDemocratic
Co
Jamaal Bowman
DDemocratic
Co
Jill N. Tokuda
DDemocratic
Co
Nydia M. Velázquez
DDemocratic
Co
Pramila Jayapal
DDemocratic
Co
Ro Khanna
DDemocratic
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