S 1298
110th Congress
Senate
Health
Catastrophic health insurance
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Executive reorganization
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Labor and Employment
Reinsurance
Healthy Businesses, Healthy Workers Reinsurance Act of 2007
Introduced: May 3, 2007
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
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To President
Became law
May 3, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5594-5595)
May 3, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5593-5594)
May 3, 2007
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Healthy Businesses, Healthy Workers Reinsurance Act of 2007 - Amends the Social Security Act to add a new title XXII (Federal Reinsurance Program for Catastrophic Health Care Costs).
Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services an Office of Federal Reinsurance, which shall in turn establish a Federal Reinsurance Program for Catastrophic Health Care Costs to make reinsurance payments to eligible health plans experiencing catastrophic health care costs during a year with respect to a covered individual.
Establishes in the Treasury the Federal Reinsurance for Catastrophic Health Care Costs Trust Fund.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5594-5595)
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1