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HR 5171 109th Congress House

Communities Building Access Act

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for community projects that will reduce the number of individuals who are uninsured with respect to health care, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 9, 2006 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 25, 2006
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 25, 2006

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Communities Building Access Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to public or nonprofit private entities to carry out demonstration projects for the purpose of making health care coverage available, on a cost-sharing basis, to: (1) employees through employers that have not contributed to health care benefits for employees during the prior 12 months; and (2) self-employed individuals who have been without such coverage during the prior 12 months.

Requires the Secretary to make matching grants to public or nonprofit private entities to carry out demonstration projects for the purpose of forming and maintaining networks composed of health care specialists who volunteer health services to eligible individuals.

Directs the Secretary to make an award of a grant or contract for the establishment and operation of a clearinghouse for information on demonstration projects under this Act and similar projects that are community initiated. Allows the Secretary to carry out a program to encourage public and private entities that plan or operate such projects to submit information to the clearinghouse.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 2 Republican 2
D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Sep 19, 2006
SOUDER, MARK
· Jul 26, 2006
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jul 20, 2006
RADANOVICH, GEORGE
· Jun 29, 2006
STUPAK, BART
· Jun 8, 2006
Schmidt, Jean
· May 10, 2006
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · May 9, 2006
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Apr 25, 2006
CAMP, DAVE
· Apr 25, 2006
EHLERS, VERNON
· Apr 25, 2006
LATOURETTE, STEVEN
· Apr 25, 2006
SHADEGG, JOHN
· Apr 25, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5171: Communities Building Access Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5171/
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