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Medically Underserved Access to Care Act of 1999

Introduced: May 19, 1999 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 18, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Jun 3, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 20, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1055)
May 19, 1999
Introduced in House
May 19, 1999
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Medically Underserved Access to Care Act of 1999 - Directs a managed care organization offering a managed care plan to establish and maintain adequate arrangements with a sufficient number, mix, and distribution of health care professionals and providers to assure that covered items and services are available and accessible to each plan enrollee in the organization's service area at a variety of sites within reasonable proximity to the enrollee, and in a reasonably prompt manner that accounts for enrollee needs and assures care continuity.

Treats as meeting such requirements any managed care organization serving a medically underserved area that has similar arrangements with health care professionals and providers having a history of serving such areas.

Directs the Secretary to establish a program in the Office of Minority Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to award competitive grants to enable eligible nongovernmental agencies to develop outreach programs with regard to medically underserved areas.

What's happening now June 18, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 8
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · May 19, 1999
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Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · May 19, 1999
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · May 19, 1999
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Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · May 19, 1999
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 19, 1999
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · May 19, 1999
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · May 19, 1999
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Waters, Maxine
California · May 19, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1860: Medically Underserved Access to Care Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1860/
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"H.R. 1860: Medically Underserved Access to Care Act of 1999." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1860/.
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H.R. 1860, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1860/.
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