Congress 107 - HR 2256 - Border Hospital Survival and Illegal Immigrant Care Act

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Aliens Ambulances Arizona Boundaries Congress Congressional reporting requirements Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Emergency medical services Federal aid to health facilities Federal aid to hospitals Government Operations and Politics Government statistics Health Illegal aliens Immigrant health Immigration Reprogramming of appropriated funds Southwest (U.S.) Transportation and Public Works

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Border Hospital Survival and Illegal Immigrant Care Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a five-year pilot program of health care provider reimbursement for the costs associated with providing emergency medical and ambulance services in Arizona to: (1) illegal aliens who are not detained by any Federal, State, or local law enforcement authority; or (2) aliens paroled into the United States for less than one year to receive emergency medical treatment.

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Jul 16, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Jun 25, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 20, 2001

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Jun 20, 2001

Introduced in House

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