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Press Release: December 18, 2019

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23 Bilirakis Priorities Included in Appropriations Package

Washington, DC: Congressman Bilirakis is proud to announce passage of his bill to extend eligibility for the Fry Scholarship to spouses and children of members of the National Guard and Reserve who died of service-connected causes but whose deaths did not occur when the member was on active duty.

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Representative Gus Bilirakis and a bipartisan group of colleagues have just introduced the Laboratory Access for Beneficiaries (LAB) Act with his colleagues, Reps. Richard Hudson (NC-08), George Holding (NC-02), Bill Pascrell (NJ-09), Kurt Schrader (OR-05), and Scott Peters(CA-52).

Washington, D.C. - Representatives Gus Bilirakis (FL-12), Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09), Jeff Van Drew (NJ-02), Harley Rouda (CA-48), Virginia Foxx (NC-05) and Tim Walberg (MI-07) introduced the Ending One-Ring Scams Act of 2019 (H.R. 3264) yesterday.

WASHINGTON – Representative Gus Bilirakis introduced bipartisan legislation to improve health plans' and insurers' compliance with mental health parity laws, which require that mental health coverage cannot be more restrictive than coverage for other medical care. He was joined by Democratic Reps. Donald Norcross and Katie Porter in introducing this bill.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Earlier this week, Congressman Gus Bilirakis introduced the comprehensive Beneficiary Enrollment Notification and Eligibility Simplification (BENES) Act, which would simply the Medicare enrollment process and waive financial penalties associated with late Medicare enrollment. Congressman Bilirakis (R-FL-06) has also joined Rep.