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Making Health Care Available for Low-Income Workers Act of 2001

Introduced: May 17, 2001 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Jun 1, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 17, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 17, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Making Health Care Available for Low-Income Workers Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide grants to States for demonstration programs to reduce the premiums for health benefits coverage under group health plans for individuals: (1) who are eligible for benefits under a State's Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act) program (or, at the State's option, who would be so eligible but for their eligibility or coverage under a group health plan); and (2) whose income does not exceed 185 percent of the income official poverty line applicable to a family of the size involved.
What's happening now June 1, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Oct 16, 2002
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 2, 2002
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Apr 11, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1903: Making Health Care Available for Low-Income Workers Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1903/
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"H.R. 1903: Making Health Care Available for Low-Income Workers Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1903/.
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H.R. 1903, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1903/.
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