S 284
107th Congress
Senate
Taxation
Access to health care
Business income tax
Charitable contributions
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer cooperatives
Consumer education
Cooperative societies
Discrimination in insurance
Discrimination in medical care
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Excise tax
Federal preemption
Finance and Financial Sector
Foundations
Bipartisan Patient Protection Act of 2001-Part II
Introduced: February 7, 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
Feb 7, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1154-1156)
Feb 7, 2001
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Bipartisan Patient Protection Act of 2001 - - Part II - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) with respect to Archer Medical Savings Accounts, increase the number of permitted account participants, increase the permitted size of a "small employer" from 50 to 100 or fewer employees, and extend, by two years, the cut-off year; (2) allow an eligible small employer a limited health insurance expenses credit; and (3) consider a "qualified health benefit purchasing coalition" (a non-profit corporation selling health insurance for small employers through licensed insurers) distribution as a distribution for a charitable purpose.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to award demonstration grants to States to allow States to demonstrate the effectiveness of innovative ways to increase access to health insurance through market reforms and other innovative means. Authorizes appropriations.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1154-1156)
Committees of jurisdiction
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