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HR 3891 109th Congress House

States' Right To Innovate in Health Care Act of 2005

Official title: To amend the Social Security Act to provide grants and flexibility through demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, cost-effectiv… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Social Security Act to provide grants and flexibility through demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, cost-effective systems of health care coverage, with simplified administration.

Introduced: September 22, 2005 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Oct 7, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 22, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 22, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 7, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

States' Right To Innovate in Health Care Act of 2005 - Amends the Social Security Act to add a new title XXII (State Comprehensive Health Care and Cost Containment Demonstration Projects) to allow up to ten states to receive from the Secretary of Health and Human Services planning and demonstration grants to develop a cost-effective delivery system of universal, comprehensive health care with simplified administration.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 7 Independent 1
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Sep 22, 2005
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Sep 22, 2005
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Sep 22, 2005
KENNEDY, PATRICK
· Sep 22, 2005
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Sep 22, 2005
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Sep 22, 2005
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Sep 22, 2005
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 22, 2005
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Sep 22, 2005
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Sep 22, 2005
WEINER, ANTHONY
· Sep 22, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3891: States' Right To Innovate in Health Care Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3891/
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"H.R. 3891: States' Right To Innovate in Health Care Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3891/.
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