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HCONRES 78 111th Congress House Health Health care costs and insurance Intergovernmental relations State and local government operations

Expressing the support of the Congress regarding the need to facilitate State innovation in national health care reform.

Introduced: March 24, 2009 Introduced by: Baldwin, Tammy Democratic · Wisconsin See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
Mar 25, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 24, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 24, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Sets forth Congress's commitment to include within legislation authorizing national health care reform provisions that facilitate state innovation and that: (1) promote the unique role of states as innovators in health care reform; (2) feature flexibility for states in implementing national goals and objectives for health care reform; (3) facilitate state efforts to improve upon and expand the goals and objectives of national health reform; and (4) incorporate the principles of state innovation espoused in the Health Partnership Act and Health Partnership Through Creative Federalism Act.

What's happening now March 25, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HCONRES 100 Identical bill Expressing the support of the Congress regarding the need to facilitate State innovation in national health care reform.
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Mar 24, 2009
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Mar 24, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 78: Expressing the support of the Congress regarding the need to facilitate State innovation in national health care reform.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HCONRES-78/
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"H. Con. Res. 78: Expressing the support of the Congress regarding the need to facilitate State innovation in national health care reform.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HCONRES-78/.
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H. Con. Res. 78, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HCONRES-78/.
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