Health Partnership Act
Latest action · May 9, 2006 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4216-4219)
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.
- IntroducedMay 9, 2006
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Health Partnership Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a State Health Innovation Commission. Requires the Commission to: (1) provide states with reform options for state health care expansion and improvement programs; (2) establish minimum performance measures and goals with respect to coverage, quality, and cost of state programs; (3) review state applications and determine whether to submit a state proposal to Congress; and (4) submit to Congress a list of state applications that the Commission recommends for approval. Deems such proposals to be approved unless a joint resolution has been enacted disapproving such proposal. Sets forth rules for congressional consideration of such proposals.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) provide a grant to a state that has an application approved to enable such state to carry out an innovative state health program; (2) give priority to those state programs that the Commission determines have the greatest opportunity to succeed in providing expanded health insurance coverage and improving health access; and (3) link state allocations to the meeting of the goals and performance measures established under this Act.
Prohibits states from: (1) failing to maintain the same level of expenditures for health care coverage; (2) changing eligibility criteria for state medical assistance programs; or (3) permitting the imposition of any preexisting condition exclusion for covered benefits, with exceptions.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 9, 2006 to Jul 24, 2006, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Original | May 9, 2006 |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Original | May 9, 2006 |
| R-OH | Mike DeWine | Original | May 9, 2006 |
| D-MN | Mark Dayton | Jul 24, 2006 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 9, 2006Introduced in Senate
- May 9, 2006Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4216-4219)
- May 9, 2006Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4215-4216)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5864 | Health Partnership Through Creative Federalism Act | Related bill | Aug 1, 2006 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Access to health care
- Congress
- Economics and Public Finance
- Expedited congressional procedure
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Health information systems
- Health insurance
- Health planning
- Housing and Community Development
- Legislation
- Medical economics
- Medical records
- Medically uninsured
- Performance measurement
- Quality of care
- Rural health
- State-local relations
- Urban affairs
- Urban areas
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