Promoting Health Care Purchasing Cooperatives Act
Latest action · Aug 1, 2002 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- IntroducedAug 1, 2002
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Permits the use of funds for professional staff support and the conduct of a feasibility study.
Requires the Secretary to determine a group's eligibility for a grant to establish a cooperative based upon the report of the feasibility study. Requires cooperatives to: (1) be nonprofit; (2) be wholly owned and governed by its member-employees; (3) assist members in pooling their health care insurance purchasing power; and (4) provide data and activities to improve the quality of health care decision-making.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Aug 1, 2002.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Aug 1, 2002 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Aug 1, 2002 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 1, 2002Introduced in Senate
- Aug 1, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7903-7904)
- Aug 1, 2002Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7903 | Russell D. Feingold D-WI | Aug 1, 2002 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to promote the development of health care cooperatives that will help businesses to pool the health care purchasing power of employers, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Promoting Health Care Purchasing Cooperatives Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Commerce
- Consumer education
- Cooperative societies
- Economics and Public Finance
- Employee health benefits
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government and business
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Governmental investigations
- Grants-in-aid
- Health
- Health education
- Health insurance
- Health insurance industry
- Insurance premiums
- Insurance rates
- Labor and Employment
- Medical economics
- Nonprofit organizations
- Quality of care
- Self-care
- Self-insurance
- Social Welfare
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 1, 2002Introduced in Senate
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