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Search Results: keywords:"retroactive claims"

H. R. 1269 — To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide public safety officer benefits for exposure-related cancers, and for other purposes.
February 12, 2025
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:119
Words:2,157
H.R. 1269, titled the “Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025,” aims to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide benefits to public safety officers who develop exposure-related cancers due to their job. The bill presumes that certain cancers contracted by...
Simple Explanation
H.R. 1269 is a plan to help police officers and firefighters who get sick from cancers caused by their jobs, making sure they get the support they need as if their work made them sick, unless it can be shown it didn't.
H. R. 1344 — To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for headstones, markers, and burial receptacles under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to certain individuals who died before November 11, 1998.
February 13, 2025
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:119
Words:266
H. R. 1344, titled the “Dennis and Lois Krisfalusy Act,” proposes changes to title 38 of the United States Code. This bill aims to expand the eligibility for receiving headstones, markers, and burial receptacles from the Department of Veterans Affairs to certain individuals...
Simple Explanation
H. R. 1344 is a rule that wants to help more people who served in the military get special markers or headstones at their graves by allowing those who died before November 11, 1998, to also be eligible for these honors.
S. 237 — To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide public safety officer benefits for exposure-related cancers, and for other purposes.
January 23, 2025
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:119
Words:2,260
S. 237, titled the "Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025," aims to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide benefits for public safety officers who suffer from exposure-related cancers, treating such illnesses as injuries sustained in the line...
Simple Explanation
S. 237, called the "Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025," is a plan to help police officers and firefighters who get certain types of cancer because of their work by treating their illness like getting hurt on the job, starting from 2020.
S. 4137 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to count a period of receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services under Medicare.
April 17, 2024
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:118
Words:427
S. 4137 proposes an amendment to the Social Security Act designed to benefit Medicare recipients who need skilled nursing facility services. The bill aims to ensure that if a Medicare patient receives "outpatient observation services" in a hospital, this period will count...
Simple Explanation
This bill is like a rule change that says if a person on Medicare is staying in the hospital to be watched over, that time will count toward the days needed to get extra help at a nursing home.
S. 5324 — To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure veterans of secrecy oath programs receive the full benefits they have earned, and for other purposes.
November 14, 2024
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:118
Words:1,774
S. 5324 aims to modify benefits for veterans involved in secrecy oath programs, where they pledged not to disclose information about their services under threat of penalty. The bill seeks to ensure these veterans receive the benefits they earned, even if they kept their oaths...
Simple Explanation
S. 5324 is a bill designed to make sure that veterans who promised to keep military secrets are still able to get the benefits they deserve, even if they missed the usual deadline to apply. It also asks the Department of Veterans Affairs to let these veterans know they can get help and give them any missed benefits from the past.
H. R. 9943 — To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize certain claims for personal injury or death caused by medical malpractice onboard certain naval vessels, and for other purposes.
October 08, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:565
H. R. 9943 is a bill introduced in the House of Representatives that seeks to amend title 10 of the United States Code. The bill aims to allow certain claims for personal injury or death resulting from medical malpractice that occurred onboard specific types of naval vessels,...
Simple Explanation
H. R. 9943 is a plan to let people get help if they got hurt or sick because doctors made a mistake while working on some special Navy ships, like big boats that carry planes, as long as those ships weren't fighting at the time. People can ask for help if this happened as far back as 2016, but they need to do it soon after this plan becomes a rule.

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