# 119-s-1227: ABC Act

119-s-1227, ABC Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1227
- Congress: 119
- Title: ABC Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-04-01
- Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA)
- Cosponsors: 26
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-01

## Summary

This bill would direct the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA) to **simplify and streamline eligibility and enrollment for family caregivers** who help people access Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and Social Security benefits. It focuses on cutting duplicated paperwork, improving customer service, and making communications accessible to people with disabilities and non-English speakers. - Families and caregivers: Makes it easier to apply for, maintain, and use benefits by reducing duplicate information requests and multiple forms. - People with disabilities and non-English speakers: Requires better access to information in American Sign Language, multiple languages, and other accessible formats. - State Medicaid and CHIP programs: The CMS Administrator would send a letter within 1 year encouraging States to do similar reviews and sharing promising practices and best practices. - Federal agencies and staff: CMS and SSA would jointly review eligibility, enrollment, forms, procedures, and communications and would submit a report within 2 years and an updated report 2 years later detailing actions, timelines, and projected annual costs. - Customer service and appeals: Aims to reduce call wait times, improve websites and in-person access, and train staff who handle disputes, appeals, and grievances.

## Cosponsors (26)

- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] (R-WV), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] (D-CO), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] (R-MS), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] (R-NC), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] (R-FL), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] (R-WY), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL] (R-AL), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] (D-HI), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] (R-SD), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] (D-RI), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] (R-LA), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] (D-DE), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schmitt, Eric [R-MO] (R-MO), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-12-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] (R-AR), 2025-12-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE] (R-NE), 2026-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV), 2026-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] (R-ME), 2026-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2026-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] (R-AK), 2026-04-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY), 2026-07-30T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Make caregiving paperwork easier: benefit, low. This bill would require CMS and the Social Security Administration to jointly review eligibility, applications, forms, and communications for Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and Social Security. The review would seek input from family caregivers (including people with disabilities), caregiver groups, and…
- Define covered agencies and programs: mixed, low. This bill would define key terms used throughout the law. It would name the CMS Administrator and the SSA Commissioner as covered officials and say CMS and SSA are the covered agencies. It would list covered programs as Medicare (title XVIII), Medicaid (title XIX), CHIP (title XXI), and Social Secu…

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## Sources
- [119-s-1227 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1227)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1227 (as of 2026-08-01).