Bipartisan Patient Protection Act of 2001-Part II

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Bill Number

S 284

Introduced

Feb 7, 2001

Latest Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1154-1156)

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Access to health care Business income tax Charitable contributions Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Consumer cooperatives Consumer education Cooperative societies Discrimination in insurance Discrimination in medical care Economics and Public Finance Employee health benefits Excise tax Federal preemption Finance and Financial Sector Foundations Government Operations and Politics Grants-in-aid Health Health insurance Income tax Insurance premiums Labor and Employment Medical economics Medical savings accounts Nonprofit organizations Personal income tax Reinsurance Self-employed Small business Social Welfare State laws Tax credits Tax deductions Tax penalties Taxation

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Bipartisan Patient Protection Act of 2001 - - Part II - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) with respect to Archer Medical Savings Accounts, increase the number of permitted account participants, increase the permitted size of a "small employer" from 50 to 100 or fewer employees, and extend, by two years, the cut-off year; (2) allow an eligible small employer a limited health insurance expenses credit; and (3) consider a "qualified health benefit purchasing coalition" (a non-profit corporation selling health insurance for small employers through licensed insurers) distribution as a distribution for a charitable purpose.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to award demonstration grants to States to allow States to demonstrate the effectiveness of innovative ways to increase access to health insurance through market reforms and other innovative means. Authorizes appropriations.

Actions

Feb 7, 2001

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1154-1156)
Feb 7, 2001

Introduced in Senate

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