Emergency Health Care Relief Act of 2005
Latest action · Oct 17, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- IntroducedSep 29, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Emergency Health Care Relief Act of 2005 - Requires a state to provide medical assistance to eligible Hurricane Katrina survivors under a state Medicaid plan.
Increases the federal medical assistance percentage for providing medical assistance under a state Medicaid plan to any individual residing in certain affected areas of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.
Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to waive certain requirements in any geographical area in which there are a significant number of evacuees from an emergency area.
Establishes the Disaster Relief Fund for payments to: (1) Medicaid providers to offset costs incurred by such providers as a result of Hurricane Katrina; and (2) state insurance commissioners for making payments to health insurance issuers for health insurance premiums for eligible individuals or qualified employers.
Allows the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, or Alabama to enter into and participate in an agreement with the Secretary of Labor to make payments of temporary extended unemployment compensation to individuals who are not otherwise entitled to such compensation.
Authorizes modifications to procurement procedures as necessary for the support of Hurricane Katrina rescue and relief operations.
Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to expand the definition of private nonprofit facility to include for-profit hospitals.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Oct 20, 2005.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-GA | David Scott | Oct 20, 2005 |
Committees 5
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 Sep 29, 2005 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Oct 17, 2005 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Sep 29, 2005 |
| House | Budget Committee | Referred Sep 29, 2005 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Sep 29, 2005 |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Sep 29, 2005 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Sep 30, 2005 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 17, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Sep 30, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- Sep 29, 2005Introduced in House
- Sep 29, 2005Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, Government Reform, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL33083 | Hurricane Katrina: Medicaid Issues Archived | Report | Dec 29, 2005 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1716 | Emergency Health Care Relief Act of 2005 | Related bill | Oct 18, 2005 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide emergency health care relief for survivors of Hurricane Katrina, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Emergency Health Care Relief Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- Administrative procedure
- Aid to dependent children
- Alabama
- Appropriations
- Auditing
- Cash welfare block grants
- Child health
- Collection of accounts
- Community health services
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Counseling
- Credit cards
- Debt
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Disabled
- Disaster relief
- Displaced persons
- Drugs
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency Management
- Evacuation of civilians
- Families
- Federal aid to child health services
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Floods
- Fraud
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government procurement
- Government trust funds
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Health care fraud
- Health insurance
- Home care services
- Homeless
- Hospital rates
- Hospitals
- Housing and Community Development
- Hurricane aftermath legislation
- Hurricanes
- Inspectors general
- Insurance premiums
- Intergovernmental fiscal relations
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Liability (Law)
- Louisiana
- Medicaid
- Medical screening
- Medical supplies
- Medicare
- Mental health services
- Mississippi
- Office of Management and Budget
- Old age, survivors and disability insurance
- Poor children
- Pregnant women
- Prescription pricing
- Psychotherapy
- Public records
- Quality of care
- Self-help devices for the disabled
- Social Welfare
- Social work
- State laws
- Unemployment
- Unemployment insurance
- Water Resources Development
- Welfare eligibility
- Women
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 29, 2005Introduced in House
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