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HR 1639 111th Congress House Health Border security and unlawful immigration Emergency medical services and trauma care Health programs administration and funding Immigrant health and welfare

Border Health Care Relief Act of 2009

Introduced: March 19, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Mar 23, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 19, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 19, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Border Health Care Relief Act of 2009 - 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 March 23, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Sep 14, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1639: Border Health Care Relief Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1639/
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"H.R. 1639: Border Health Care Relief Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1639/.
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H.R. 1639, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1639/.
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