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HR 1345 116th Congress House

Restoring the Partnership for County Health Care Costs Act of 2019

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

Introduced: February 25, 2019 See on congress.gov
Health Child healthCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and access
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Feb 26, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 25, 2019
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.
Feb 25, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 25, 2019
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E203-204)
Feb 25, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 26, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Restoring the Partnership for County Health Care Costs Act of 2019

This bill allows an otherwise eligible individual who is in custody pending disposition of charges (i.e., pretrial detainees) to receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Medicare, Medicaid, or Children's Health Insurance Program (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. 

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 21
All 21 Democratic 16
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Nov 27, 2020
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Feb 4, 2020
Perlmutter, Ed
· Jan 15, 2020
Fudge, Marcia
· Jan 14, 2020
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Dec 3, 2019
 D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · Nov 14, 2019
Deutch, Theodore
· Nov 13, 2019
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Oct 23, 2019
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Sep 25, 2019
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Jun 12, 2019
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jun 5, 2019
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Jun 5, 2019
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 17, 2019
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · May 10, 2019
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Apr 30, 2019
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 27, 2019
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Feb 25, 2019
CLAY, WM.
· Feb 25, 2019
Crist, Charlie
· Feb 25, 2019
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Feb 25, 2019
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Feb 25, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1345: Restoring the Partnership for County Health Care Costs Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1345/
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"H.R. 1345: Restoring the Partnership for County Health Care Costs Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1345/.
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H.R. 1345, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1345/.
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