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Health Security for All Americans Act

Introduced: May 5, 2005 Introduced by: Baldwin, Tammy Democratic · Wisconsin See on congress.gov
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Sep 21, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1908)
May 23, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 12, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 5, 2005
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
May 5, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Health Security for All Americans Act - Amends the Social Security Act to provide participating States with funding to provide health insurance coverage through State-administered plans targeted at low-income residents.

Requires States to implement systems to ensure universal health insurance coverage for their residents by 2010, including by requiring employers to contribute to health insurance premiums for their employees.

Requires health plans to: (1) create entities to serve as employers for their home care providers; (2) ensure that enrollees will continue to receive health services if the plan's services are terminated; and (3) supply the State with information on their health care workers.

Incorporates the Bipartisan Patient Protection Act, as passed by the Senate on June 29, 2001, and the Patient Safety and Health Care Whistleblower Protection Act of 2001, as introduced on June 27, 2001.

Establishes the Health Care Quality, Patient Safety, and Workforce Standards Institute (and a related advisory committee) within the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) with a mission to demonstrate how patient safety issues and workplace conditions are linked to quality patient care, reduce medical errors, and improve patient safety and care.

Requires that individuals entitled to Medicare benefits be provided full mental health and substance abuse treatment parity.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct research to identify model programs for the provision of long-term and home health care services.

Expresses the sense of Congress that funds to implement this Act should be offset by: (1) general revenues available as a result of an on-budget surplus for a fiscal year; (2) direct saving in health care expenditures; and (3) reductions in unnecessary Federal tax benefits available to individuals and large corporations in the maximum tax brackets.

What's happening now September 21, 2005

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1908)

 Bill text 1 version

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