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HR 165 115th 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 2017

Introduced: January 3, 2017 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Jan 25, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 12, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 12, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Jan 3, 2017
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.
Jan 3, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Restoring the Partnership for County Health Care Costs Act of 2017

This bill amends titles XVI (Supplemental Security Income [SSI]), XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), and XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program [CHIP]) to allow an otherwise eligible individual who is in custody pending charges to receive SSI, Medicare, Medicaid, or CHIP benefits.

Any SSI benefits payable to such an individual: (1) must be withheld until the individual is no longer in custody; and (2) if the individual dies while in custody, shall be paid to the individual's estate. 

What's happening now January 25, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4
D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Mar 2, 2017
Lujan Grisham, Michelle
· Jan 31, 2017
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Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Jan 23, 2017
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 11, 2017
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Jan 11, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 165: Restoring the Partnership for County Health Care Costs Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-165/
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"H.R. 165: Restoring the Partnership for County Health Care Costs Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-165/.
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H.R. 165, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-165/.
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