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HR 3507 110th Congress House

States' Right To Innovate in Health Care Act of 2007

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 7, 2007 See on congress.gov
Health Access to health careComprehensive health careDepartment of Health and Human ServicesEconomics and Public Finance
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Oct 17, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 21, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 7, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 7, 2007
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
Sep 7, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 17, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

States' Right To Innovate in Health Care Act of 2007 - Amends the Social Security Act to add a new title XXII (State Comprehensive Health Care and Cost Containment Demonstration Projects).

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a state-based Universal Health Care Coverage Commission to participate in the review of state applications for planning and demonstration grants for the development of a cost-effective delivery system of universal, comprehensive health care with simplified administration.

Authorizes such grants.

Requires a state plan to provide: (1) coverage of all eligible state residents, without regard to employment status, income, health status or preexisting condition, or location of residency within the state; and (2) health benefits that are at least actuarially equivalent to the standard Blue Cross/Blue Shield preferred provider option service benefit plan under the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program.

Allows one or more contiguous states in a geographic region to file a joint application for such grants.

Authorizes Interstate Compacts of states to conduct joint health care programs under a grant.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Nov 6, 2007
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Sep 7, 2007
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Sep 7, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3507: States' Right To Innovate in Health Care Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-3507/
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