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HR 2209 111th Congress House

Restoring the Partnership for County Health Care Costs Act of 2009

Official title: To amend titles XVI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act to remove limitations on Medicaid, Medicare, SSI, and SCHIP benefits for persons in custody pending disposition of charges.

Introduced: September 10, 2009 See on congress.gov
Health Child healthCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and access
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May 4, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 30, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Apr 30, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 30, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Apr 30, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1028-1029)
Apr 30, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 4, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Restoring the Partnership for County Health Care Costs Act of 2009 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to allow benefits under such titles for persons in custody in a public institution pending disposition of charges.

States that, in the case of an otherwise eligible individual (or eligible spouse of such an individual) who is in custody pending disposition of charges, any benefits under SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) which are otherwise otherwise payable shall: (1) be withheld until the individual is no longer either in custody pending disposition of charges or an inmate of a public institution; or (2) be paid to the individual's estate, if the individual dies before the pending charges are disposed of or while the individual is an inmate of a public institution.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 6 Republican 1
Kagen, Steve
· May 25, 2010
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Sep 10, 2009
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jun 11, 2009
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Jun 4, 2009
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Jun 2, 2009
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · May 18, 2009
Ellsworth, Brad
· Apr 30, 2009
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Apr 30, 2009
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Apr 30, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2209: Restoring the Partnership for County Health Care Costs Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2209/
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