Undocumented Alien Emergency Medical Assistance Amendments of 2004
Latest action · May 18, 2004 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 88 - 331 (Roll no. 182). (text: CR 5/17/2004 H3033-3034)
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.
- IntroducedJan 21, 2004
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Undocumented Alien Emergency Medical Assistance Amendments of 2004 - Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to: (1) prohibit Federal reimbursement of hospital-provided emergency and certain transportation services to undocumented aliens unless the hospital provides the Secretary of Homeland Security with information regarding an alien's citizenship, immigration status, financial data, and employer; (2) make the employer of certain undocumented aliens responsible for such costs; and (3) direct the Secretary to initiate removal procedures against an alien determined to be removable under Federal immigration law.
Directs the Secretary of State to analyze the feasibility of effecting treaties for international medical evacuations.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 11, 2004 to May 12, 2004.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NE | Doug Bereuter | Feb 11, 2004 | |
| R-NJ | Scott Garrett | May 12, 2004 | |
| R-CO | Thomas G. Tancredo | May 12, 2004 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | May 12, 2004 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jan 21, 2004 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 3, 2004 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 18, 2004Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3107)
- May 18, 2004Failed of passage/not agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 88 - 331 (Roll no. 182). (text: CR 5/17/2004 H3033-3034)
- May 17, 2004Mr. Barton (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- May 17, 2004Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3033-3044)
- May 17, 2004DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3722.
In the Congressional Record 6
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.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend section 1011 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to impose conditions on Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Undocumented Alien Emergency Medical Assistance Amendments of 2004
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative procedure
- Alien labor
- Aliens
- Ambulances
- Collection of accounts
- Computer software
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Cost accounting
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Data banks
- Department of Homeland Security
- Deportation
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electronic data interchange
- Electronic government information
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medicine
- Employee health benefits
- Employers' liability
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Fingerprints
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Health
- Health insurance
- Hospital care
- Hospitals
- Identification devices
- Illegal aliens
- Immigrant health
- Immigration
- International Affairs
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Medical records
- Negotiations
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Tax returns
- Taxation
- Transportation and Public Works
- Treaties
- Workers' compensation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 21, 2004Introduced in House
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