HR 3471 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Work Opportunity and Relief Compensation Act

Introduced Dec 12, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Dennis Moore D-KS

Latest action · Mar 27, 2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedDec 12, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Work Opportunity and Relief Compensation Act - Sets forth health insurance coverage options for recently unemployed individuals and their families. Requires establishment of a temporary program under which 75 percent of the premium for COBRA continuation coverage shall be provided for an individual who: (1) at any time between September 11, 2001, and December 31, 2002, is separated from employment; and (2) is eligible for, and has elected, COBRA continuation coverage. (COBRA refers to title X of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, and concerns continuing post-employment employee group health plan coverage under specified provisions of the Public Health Service Act, the Internal Revenue Code, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of1974.) Permits a State to elect to provide temporary Medicaid coverage (under title XIX of the Social Security Act) for individuals who: (1) are separated from employment at any time between September 11, 2001, and December 31, 2002; (2) are not eligible for COBRA continuation coverage; (3) are not insured; and (4) do not have assets, resources, and earned or unearned income that exceed limitations set by the State. Permits a State to pay the entire COBRA premium for certain low-income individuals.

Includes in the optional Medicaid eligibility category for such illnesses Indian women with breast or cervical cancer who are eligible for health services under a medical care program of the Indian Health Service or of a tribal organization. Increases the allowed Federal Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotment in extremely low-DSH States. Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services, for a certain period, from implementing any modification to upper payment limits for services furnished by non-State government-owned or operated hospitals. Revises the transitional medical assistance (TMA) program to give States the option to: (1) waive notice and reporting requirements; (2) extend eligibility period for low-income individuals; (3) allow families to receive TMA if they have received Medicaid for fewer than three of the preceding six months; and (4) not comply with certain TMA requirements if coverage is extended to certain low-income families.

Temporary Unemployment Compensation Act of 2001 - Provides for a program of temporary supplemental unemployment compensation. Includes among eligibility requirements an individual's not having rights, with respect to a week, to other compensation (excluding extended compensation). Applies program agreements to weeks of unemployment: (1) beginning after the date on which such an agreement is entered into; and (2) ending before January 1, 2003.

Cosponsors 23

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 12, 2001 to Dec 19, 2001; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NC	Bob Etheridge	Original	Dec 12, 2001
D-OK	Brad Carson	Original	Dec 12, 2001
D-CA	Hilda L. Solis	Original	Dec 12, 2001
R-IA	James A. Leach	Original	Dec 12, 2001
D-VA	James P. Moran	Original	Dec 12, 2001
D-GA	John Lewis	Original	Dec 12, 2001
D-MO	Karen McCarthy	Original	Dec 12, 2001
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell	Original	Dec 12, 2001
D-TX	Martin Frost	Original	Dec 12, 2001
D-TX	Max Sandlin	Original	Dec 12, 2001
D-TX	Nick Lampson	Original	Dec 12, 2001
D-WA	Norman D. Dicks	Original	Dec 12, 2001
D-NV	Shelley Berkley	Original	Dec 12, 2001
D-NY	Steve Israel	Original	Dec 12, 2001
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Dec 19, 2001
D-MO	Ike Skelton		Dec 19, 2001
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Dec 19, 2001
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Dec 19, 2001
D-CA	Juanita Millender-McDonald		Dec 19, 2001
D-KY	Ken Lucas		Dec 19, 2001
D-AR	Marion Berry		Dec 19, 2001
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Dec 19, 2001
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Dec 19, 2001

Committees 3

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Dec 12, 2001
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Dec 12, 2001
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Dec 28, 2001
House	Education and Workforce Committee	Referred Dec 12, 2001
	Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee	Referred Mar 27, 2002

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 27, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Dec 28, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Dec 12, 2001Introduced in House
Dec 12, 2001Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, 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.

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To expand coverage options for unemployed workers to receive and pay for COBRA health insurance benefits, and to provide for a program of enhanced unemployment coverage.
Short Titles as Introduced: Work Opportunity and Relief Compensation Act
Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill: Temporary Unemployment Compensation Act of 2001

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Dec 12, 2001Introduced in House

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