S 1606
107th Congress
Senate
Health
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government employees' health insurance
Health care fraud
Health insurance
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medical fees
Medically uninsured
Physicians
Poor children
Social Welfare
Equal Access to Care Act of 2001
Introduced: October 31, 2001
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 31, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Oct 31, 2001
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Equal Access to Care Act of 2001 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to prohibit the use of Federal funds to provide payments under a Federal health care program to any health care provider who charges a membership or any other extraneous or incidental fee to a patient, or requires a patient to purchase an item or service, as a prerequisite for the provision of an item or service.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1