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.
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
2