The Legislation Workgroup studies the current Congressional, State Senate and House legislation to determine which bills align with the Dignity Alliance mission. A bill should contribute to one of our goals. The membership is notified of any bills of interest, and is given the opportunity to sign on. Scroll down to see currently endorsed bills.
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2024 National Council on Independent Living annual conference in Washington, D.C.
MA IL staff visited Congress.
Photo 1: (l-r) Kasey Mimitz, Brianna Zimmerman, Cristina Welch, Sadie Simone, Dan Henderson, Aliza Levine, and Isabella Edo (Legislative Aide for Congressman Jim McGovern).
Photo 2: (l-r) Aliza Levine, Elizabeth O’Hara (Chief of Staff for Congressman Richard Neal), Sadie Simone, Dan Henderson, Cristina Welch, Kasey Mimitz, and Brianna Zimmerman
Photo 3: Dan Henderson , Sadie Simone, Aliza Levine, Brianna Zimmerman, Congressman Richard Neal, Cristina Welch and Kasey Mimitz
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2023-2024 Federal Bills
| Bill No. | Title | Committees | Sponsor | More Info |
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| S 4372 | Deliver for Veterans Act | Senate - Veterans' Affairs | Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) Sen Brian Schatz (D-HI) | S 4372 Info |
| HR 6330 | Veterans’ Sentinel Act | Senate - Veterans' Affairs | Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO-6) | HR 6330 Info |
| HR 82 | Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 | House - Ways and Means | Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA-6) | HR 82 Info |
| HR 9525 | SAVES Act | Senate - Veterans' Affairs | Rep. Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8) | HR 9525 Info |
| HR 9324 | Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2024 | Senate - Veterans' Affairs | Rep. Steve Womack (R-AR-3) | HR 9324 Info |
| HR7504 | The Rural Veterans Transportation to Care Act | Subcommittee on Health. | Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) see attachment for more co-sponsors | H 7504 Rural Veterans Transportation to Care Act DAM Endorsement.pdf |
| HR9478 | The Veterans Supporting Prosthetics Opportunities and Recreational Therapy (SPORT) Act | Subcommittee on Health | Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ) | H 9478 The SPORT Act DAM Endorsement.pdf |
| Disabled and Elderly Jurors Non-discrimination Act’ | Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) | No person may be disqualified from serving on grand and petit juries in the district court under paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (b) on account of disability.’’. | ||
| S0762 | Home and Community Based Services Access Act | Home and Community Based Services Access Act | Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. (D-PA) | S 762 HCBS Access Act DAM Endorsement.pdf |
| HR2371 | REAADI for Disasters Act | Transportation and Infrastructure Education and the Workforce Energy and Commerce | Rep. Dingell, Debbie (D-MI-6) | HR 2371 READDI for Disaster Act DAM Endorsement.pdf |
| S1049 | REAADI for Disasters Act - A bill to ensure that older adults and individuals with disabilities are prepared for disasters, and for other purposes. | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions | Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. (D-PA) | S 1049 READDI for Disaster Act DAM Endorsement.pdf |
| Nursing Home Improvement and Accountability Act | Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA) | Nursing Home Improvement and Accountability Act DAM Endorsement.pdf This bill establishes reporting, staffing, and other quality control requirements for Medicare skilled nursing facilities and Medicaid nursing facilities. The bill also establishes a demonstration program to evaluate the impact of certain changes to facility design, staffing, and care coordination on the health outcomes of residents in skilled nursing facilities. Among other requirements, selected facilities must serve between 5 and 14 residents, offer private rooms, and have resident and family councils. |
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| Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Restoration Act Reintroduced | Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) | Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Restoration Act.pdf As Senator Brown stated in 2021, “The promise of Social Security is to ensure that no one in America should live in poverty – least of all our nation's seniors and people with disabilities. By updating SSI we can deliver on this promise and ensure disabled and elderly Ohioans are able to live with dignity. Congress must prioritize these long-overdue reforms as part of upcoming recovery legislation.” The SSI Restoration Act would: Raise SSI's sub-poverty-level monthly benefits, currently $794 per month, to 100% of the federal poverty level--a 31% increase--and index them to inflation; Update and index the assets individuals or couples may have up to $10,000 and $20,000, respectively. |
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| S1030 | Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions | Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. (D-PA) | S 1030 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act DAM Endorsement.pdf The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, endorses the bipartisan bill, the “Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act.” Older Americans suffer from chronic job discrimination, and this important legislation would reestablish necessary legal protections giving them recourse in instances of age-based discrimination. In the 2009 decision Gross v. FBL Financial Services, the Supreme Court raised the legal standard that older workers must meet to prove age-based discrimination. Under the standard set by Gross and subsequent decisions, a worker must definitively prove that age was the decisive factor in instances of workplace mistreatment. This standard is virtually impossible to meet, given the complexities and dynamics of the workplace. In essence, the Court ruled that some age discrimination is acceptable, as long as employers are able to conjure up another reason to justify their harmful actions. Since the Court’s cruel decision, older workers have had to meet a higher standard of proof in discrimination cases than other protected classes, like plaintiffs in racial or gender-based discrimination claims. Bipartisan legislation would restore protections for older workers by reestablishing the pre-Gross employment discrimination standard. |
| HR7119 | Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act | House Ways and Means; Energy and Commerce Referred to the Subcommittee on Health | Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) | HR7119 Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act.pdf |
Archive: 2021 – 2022 Federal Bills
| Bill No. | Title | Goal | Committees | More Info |
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| HR 0598 | Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents and Workers During COVID–19 and Beyond Act | 1 | Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means | HR 598 Info |
| S 1295 | DignityMA OPPOSES this bill. Trust Act of 2021 | 3 | Homeland Security, Governmental Affairs | S 1295 Info |
| HR 2812 | Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act | 1 and 3 | Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce | HR 2812 Info |
| S 2694 | Nursing Home Improvement and Accountability Act of 2021 | 1 | Finance | S 2694 Info See also HR 5169 |
| HR 5169 | Nursing Home Improvement and Accountability Act of 2021 | 1 | Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce | HR 5169 Info See also S 2694 |
| S 2618 | Medicare and Medicaid Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2021 | 3 | Finance | S 2618 Info |
| S 0880 | Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act | 3 | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions | S 880 Info See also HR 2062 |
| HR 2062 | Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act of 2021 | 3 | Education and Labor | S 2062 Info See also HR 880 |
| S 2210 | Better Care Better Jobs Act | 3 | Finance | S 2210 Info |
| S 2065 | Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2021 | 3 | Finance | S 2065 Info |
| HR 3733 | Essential Caregivers Act of 2021 | 1 | Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means | HR 3733 Info |
| S 4986 | Social Security COVID Correction and Equity Act | 3 | Finance | S 4986 InfoSee also HR 7499 |
| HR 7499 | Social Security COVID Correction and Equity Act | 3 | Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce | HR 7499 Info See also S 4986 |
| S 1773 | Prescription Drug Pricing Dashboard Act | 3 | Finance | S 1773 Info |
| S 0331 | ABLE Age Adjustment Act | 3 | Finance | S 331 Info See also HR 1219 Able Age Adjustment Act included in Omnibus Spending Bill signed by President Biden |
| H 1219 | ABLE Age Adjustment Act | 3 | Ways and Means | H 1219 Info See also S 331 |
| H 7676 | Home Modification for Accessibility Act of 2022 | 3 | Ways and Means | H 7676 Endorsement |