HR 2082
107th Congress
House
Taxation
Access to health care
Business income tax
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Consumer education
Cooperative societies
Corporations
Cost of living adjustments
Discrimination in insurance
Discrimination in medical care
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Excise tax
Federal preemption
Finance and Financial Sector
Foundations
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Small Business Health Insurance Expansion Act of 2001
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 25, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Jun 6, 2001
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Small Business, 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.
Jun 6, 2001
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Small Business Health Insurance Expansion Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow for the deduction of 100 percent of the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals; (2) allow, for small employers, a limited credit for the expenses of employee health insurance coverage provided under a new health plan; and (3) provide for non-profit qualified health benefit purchasing coalitions.
Directs the: (1) Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a State grant program to demonstrate the effectiveness of innovative ways to increase health insurance access through market reforms and other innovations; and (2) Small Business Administration to award grants to facilitate health benefits information for small businesses.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF
Committees of jurisdiction
4
Cosponsors
1
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2082: Small Business Health Insurance Expansion Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-2082/
"H.R. 2082: Small Business Health Insurance Expansion Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-2082/.
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