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SAFE through Medicare Act
Sponsored By: Senator Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced
Summary
Expands Medicare to cover "home resiliency services" for people medically at risk from climate or manmade disasters. It would add a new benefit for items and services that the Secretary deems medically necessary to protect patients during disasters and extreme weather events.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
New Medicare home resiliency benefit
If enacted, Medicare would cover a new benefit called "home resiliency services" starting January 1, 2027. Medicare beneficiaries the Secretary finds medically at‑risk in a climate or manmade disaster would be eligible. Covered items would be those the Secretary deems medically necessary in that disaster context, for example heat pumps, solar batteries for home medical equipment, and cold storage for temperature‑sensitive medicines. Medicare would pay 100% of the lower of the actual charge or an amount set in a Secretary fee schedule. The Secretary would create the medically at‑risk process with input from NIH, CMS, and NOAA and must consider regional climate risks, 20‑year disaster history or projected risk, reliance on power or temperature‑sensitive medical supplies, and chronic conditions or disabilities.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
MA • D
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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