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HR 2209 111th Congress House Health Child health Correctional facilities and imprisonment Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Medicaid Medicare Poverty and welfare assistance

Restoring the Partnership for County Health Care Costs Act of 2009

Introduced: April 30, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
 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.

What's happening now May 4, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 6 Republican 1