Promoting Health Care Purchasing Cooperatives Act
Latest action · Mar 1, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2499-2500)
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.
- IntroducedMar 1, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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 (AHRQ), to award grants for the development of health care purchasing cooperatives by two or more self-insured employers.
Sets forth requirements for cooperatives, including that they: (1) are nonprofit, wholly owned, and democratically governed by its member-employers; (2) exist solely to serve the membership base; (3) assist members in pooling their health care insurance purchasing power; (4) provide data to improve the ability of the members to make data-based decisions regarding their health plans; and (5) conduct activities to enhance quality improvement in the health care community.
Requires the Secretary to carry out an identical grant program for eligible groups of two or more employers that have 99 employees or less and purchase health insurance for their employees.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 1, 2007.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 1, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Mar 1, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2499-2500)
- Mar 1, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2499)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Agricultural cooperatives
- Agriculture and Food
- Commerce
- Consumer education
- Cooperative societies
- Economics and Public Finance
- Employee health benefits
- Farmers
- 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
- Small business
- Social Welfare
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 1, 2007Introduced in Senate
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