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States' Right To Innovate in Health Care Act of 2007

Introduced: September 7, 2007 Introduced by: Sanders, Bernard Independent · Vermont See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sep 7, 2007
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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.

What's happening now September 7, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Sep 27, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2031: States' Right To Innovate in Health Care Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2031/
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"S. 2031: States' Right To Innovate in Health Care Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2031/.
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