Promoting Health Care Purchasing Cooperatives Act

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Bill Number

S 39

Introduced

Jan 7, 2003

Latest Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Topics

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 Insurance companies Insurance premiums Labor and Employment Medical economics Nonprofit organizations Quality of care Self-care Self-insurance Social Welfare

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Summary

Promoting Health Care Purchasing Cooperatives Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, to award grants for the development of health care purchasing cooperatives by two or more employers. Includes employers who self-insure as well as those with fewer than 100 employees who purchase insurance.

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 or expand 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.

Actions

Jan 7, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jan 7, 2003

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S44-45)
Jan 7, 2003

Introduced in Senate

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