S 776 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Medicaid Safety Net Improvement Act of 2001

Introduced Apr 25, 2001 Originated Senate Sponsor Jeff Bingaman D-NM

Latest action · Apr 25, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3927)

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.

IntroducedApr 25, 2001
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicaid Safety Net Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to increase the allowed Federal Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotment in "extremely low-DSH" States from one percent to three percent of the State's Medicaid program costs.

Cosponsors 14

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 25, 2001 to Nov 19, 2002; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MT	Max Baucus	Original	Apr 25, 2001
R-WY	Michael B. Enzi	Original	Apr 25, 2001
D-MN	Paul D. Wellstone	Original	Apr 25, 2001
D-AR	Blanche L. Lincoln		May 24, 2001
D-SD	Thomas A. Daschle		May 24, 2001
R-AR	Tim Hutchinson		Jul 26, 2001
D-MN	Mark Dayton		Apr 22, 2002
R-IA	Chuck Grassley		May 10, 2002
D-IA	Tom Harkin		May 10, 2002
D-ND	Byron L. Dorgan		Jun 5, 2002
R-OR	Gordon H. Smith		Jul 17, 2002
D-SD	Tim Johnson		Jul 17, 2002
I-CT	Joseph I. Lieberman		Sep 25, 2002
D-NE	Ben Nelson		Nov 19, 2002

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Finance Committee	Referred Apr 25, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 25, 2001Introduced in Senate
Apr 25, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3926-3927)
Apr 25, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3927)

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 S3926Text printed S3927	Jeff Bingaman D-NM (text)	Apr 25, 2001

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 1604	Medicaid Safety Net Improvement Act of 2001	Identical bill	May 8, 2001

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase the floor for treatment as an extremely low DSH State to 3 percent in fiscal year 2002.
Short Titles as Introduced: Medicaid Safety Net Improvement Act of 2001

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Apr 25, 2001Introduced in Senate

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