H.R. 2477: BENES Act of 2020
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H.R. 2477: BENES Act of 2020
116th Congress · introduced 2019-05-02 · Health · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2019-05-02 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
BENES Act of 2020
Plain summary
Beneficiary Enrollment Notification and Eligibility Simplification Act of 2020 or the BENES Act of 2020 This bill modifies requirements relating to Medicare enrollment, coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients, secondary payer reporting, and hospice survey requirements. Among other provisions, the bill generally requires Medicare coverage to begin on the first day of the month following enrollment for individuals who enroll in the latter months of their initial enrollment period; requires Social Security account statements for individuals attaining ages 63 to 65 to include information about Medicare eligibility, late enrollment penalties, and other information; indefinitely extends Medicare coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients for individuals who do not have other coverage; requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to share Medicare Advantage and Medicare prescription drug benefit enrollment information with liability insurers in response to Medicare secondary payer inquiries; and establishes survey requirements for, and enforcement mechanisms against, certified hospice programs under Medicare.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36] · 18 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2477, Beneficiary Enrollment Notification and Eligibility Simplification Act of 2020 (2020-10-29); CBO cost estimate: CBO’s Estimate of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 2477, Beneficiary Enrollment Notification and Eligibility Simplification Act of 2020 (2020-12-08); CBO cost estimate: Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 2477, Beneficiary Enrollment Notification and Eligibility Simplification Act of 2020 (2020-12-08)
Cosponsors on this site
Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Bryan Steil (R-WI), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Darren Soto (D-FL)
Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36] reported raising $2.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr2477.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>
Record fed-us-cong116-hr2477 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116