Congress 108 - HR 2402 - HealthCARE Act of 2003

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Access to health care Child health Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Consumer education Cost control Disabled Economics and Public Finance Employee health benefits Expedited congressional procedure Families Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to child health services Federal employees Finance and Financial Sector Flexible benefit plans Fraud Government employees' health insurance Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Health Health care fraud Health insurance Health insurance continuation Health maintenance organizations House rules and procedure Income tax Insurance premiums Labor and Employment Law Legislation Licenses Managed care Marketing Medicaid Medical economics Medically uninsured Medicare Poor children Poverty Preventive medicine Profit Reinsurance Senate rules and procedure Small business Social Welfare Standards State employees Tax credits Tax penalties Tax refunds Tax returns Welfare eligibility Welfare waivers

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Health Coverage, Affordability, Responsibility, and Equity Act of 2003 or the HealthCARE Act of 2003 - Amends Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow State plans for medical assistance to provide Medicaid coverage to individuals who meet a specified standard for poverty.

Amends Title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) of the Act to permit a State to opt to provide coverage of targeted low-income children in excess of the State's allotment.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a credit for the cost of qualified health insurance for the taxpayer or qualifying family members.

Provides for the advance payment by the Secretary of the Treasury of credit for health insurance costs of eligible low-income individuals.

Establishes a program of health insurance purchasing pools (purchasing pools) for eligible individuals in participating states.

Sets conditions entities must meet to enter into contracts with a purchasing pool operator. Prohibits participating insurers from limiting or denying coverage or increasing premiums for any of specified health factors.

Directs the Secretary to establish standards for State-based reinsurance programs, and permits the Secretary to award grants to States to cover the costs of such programs.

Directs the Secretary to establish the National Advisory Commission on Expanded Access to Health Care, which shall assess the effectiveness of programs designed to expand health care coverage or make such coverage affordable to otherwise uninsured individuals.

Permits a State to apply to the Secretary for waivers of such provisions of law as may be necessary for the State to implement policies that make comprehensive, affordable health coverage available for all State residents.

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Sep 9, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and the House.
Jun 30, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Jun 24, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 16, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 10, 2003

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Rules, 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 10, 2003

Introduced in House

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