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Promoting Health Care Purchasing Cooperatives Act

Introduced: June 2, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Jun 2, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5949-5950)
Jun 2, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5948-5949)
Jun 2, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Promoting Health Care Purchasing Cooperatives Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), to award grants for the development of health care purchasing cooperatives by two or more self-insured employers.

Sets forth requirements for cooperatives, including that they: (1) are nonprofit, wholly owned, and democratically governed by their member-employers; (2) exist solely to serve the membership base; (3) assist members in pooling their health care insurance purchasing power; (4) provide data to improve the ability of the members to make data-based decisions regarding their health plans; and (5) conduct activities to enhance quality improvement in the health care community.

Requires the Secretary to carry out an identical grant program for eligible groups consisting of a consortium of two or more employers that each: (1) have 99 employees or fewer; and (2) purchase health insurance for their employees.

What's happening now June 2, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5949-5950)

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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Jun 2, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1165: Promoting Health Care Purchasing Cooperatives Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1165/
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"S. 1165: Promoting Health Care Purchasing Cooperatives Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1165/.
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