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HR 6394 110th Congress House Health Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Emergency medicine Federal aid to health facilities Illegal aliens Immigration Medically uninsured

Border Health Care Relief Act of 2008

Introduced: June 26, 2008 See on congress.gov
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Jun 26, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jun 26, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 26, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Border Health Care Relief Act of 2008 - Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to extend through FY2012 federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens.

What's happening now June 26, 2008

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Jun 26, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6394: Border Health Care Relief Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6394/
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"H.R. 6394: Border Health Care Relief Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6394/.
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H.R. 6394, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6394/.
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