ABC Act
U.S. Congress · S1227 ·
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What the bill says
Introduced 2025-04-01. Latest action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Summary (plain-language)
Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers Act or the ABC Act This bill requires federal agencies to review and modify the administrative processes related to Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Social Security programs in order to streamline these processes for family caregivers. Specifically, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA) must review processes related to eligibility determinations, applications, forms, and communications for these programs and identify ways to simplify and streamline these processes for family caregivers (e.g., reducing the need for family caregivers to submit the same information for multiple programs). The CMS and SSA must solicit input from family caregivers and state and regional organizations, implement any identified improvements, and report on these efforts to Congress. In addition, the CMS must issue a letter to state Medicaid and CHIP programs that encourages states to conduct a similar review and that provides potential improvements.
Sponsors
- Edward J. Markey (primary)
- Tammy Baldwin
- John Boozman
- Richard Blumenthal
- Katie Boyd Britt
- Susan M. Collins
- Shelley Moore Capito
- Bill Cassidy
- Christopher A. Coons
- Catherine Cortez Masto
- Tammy Duckworth
- John W. Hickenlooper
- Mazie K. Hirono
- Cindy Hyde-Smith
- Amy Klobuchar
- Mark Kelly
- Andy Kim
- Ben Ray Luján
- Cynthia M. Lummis
- Lisa Murkowski
- Mike Rounds
- Pete Ricketts
- Rick Scott
- Eric Schmitt
- Thom Tillis
- Sheldon Whitehouse
Text versions
- Introduced in Senate — 2025-04-01 — XML
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Action History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2025-04-01 | Introduced in Senate |
| 2025-04-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
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