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H.R. 5063 — ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019
Federal · DIED / SESSION ENDED
Purpose
Proposed eliminating the five-month waiting period for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits for people with ALS.
Official summary
The official federal record identifies the ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019 and its proposed disability-benefit change.
ALS and gene-carrier relevance
Directly addresses a federal disability-benefit rule for people with ALS.
Policy scope and insurance types
- Policy scope
- ALS-specific, Disability benefits
- Genetic policy scope
- Not stated
- Insurance types affected
- Not stated
- Policy type
- Bill
- Record type
- Historical Failed Bill
- Time status
- Historical
- Verification
- Verified
- Discovered from
- Official Legislature
- Status detail
- Congress ended without enactment
- Companion bills
- Not stated
- Derived from bill
- Not stated
- Codified as
- Not stated
Jurisdiction and session
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Session
- 116th Congress (2019–2020)
- Topics
- ALS research funding, disability benefits
- Bill / act number
- H.R. 5063
- Introduced
- 05-13-2019
- Last action
- 05-13-2019
- Passed House / Assembly
- Not stated
- Passed Senate
- Not stated
- Governor action
- Not stated
- Approved / enacted
- Not stated
- Effective
- Not stated
- Vetoed
- Not stated
Sponsors, cosponsors, and committees
Sponsors
- Rep. Seth Moulton
Cosponsors
No verified names recorded in this policy snapshot.
Committees
No verified names recorded in this policy snapshot.
Legislative support and votes
Vote history
No verified names recorded in this policy snapshot.
Verified organization support
No verified organization support recorded in this policy snapshot.
Verified opposition
No verified organization opposition recorded in this policy snapshot.
Historical timeline
Introduced in the House.
116th Congress ended without enactment.
Official text and source links
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Last verified: 09-30-2026
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