Place Based Health Care Act of 2009
Latest action · Jul 10, 2009 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.
- IntroducedJul 9, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Place Based Health Care Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to Eligible Community Integrated Health Centers, which are organizations: (1) seeking to fully integrate their health care services into the community by locating in or near settings that serve particular target populations, such as schools, workplaces, or senior service facilities; and (2) organized for the purpose of providing health care, improving the quality of health care, and reducing the costs associated with the provision of health care provided to Center patients.
Requires states to implement procedures to pay for primary health services furnished in a school-based health clinic under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP, formerly known as SCHIP).
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business credit for employer-provided health and wellness benefits.
Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require the Assistant Secretary for Aging to establish an evidence-based disease prevention and health promotion program.
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize a Medicare Advantage organization to offer a Medicare Advantage plan exclusively within a geographic area that is limited to a senior housing facility if certain requirements are met.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary to award grants for the planning and delivery of services to a special medically underserved population comprised of: (1) school-aged children in a school-based health center; or (2) residents of Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities, patrons of multipurpose senior centers, and individuals living in areas and facilities immediately accessible to such Communities and centers.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 3
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 Jul 9, 2009 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jul 10, 2009 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jul 9, 2009 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jul 9, 2009 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 10, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 9, 2009Introduced in House
- Jul 9, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7921)
- Jul 9, 2009Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.
- Jul 9, 2009Referred to House Energy and Commerce
- Jul 9, 2009Referred to House Ways and Means
- Jul 9, 2009Referred to House Education and Labor
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reform health care delivery by providing incentives for place-based health care, which seeks to bring health services to the patient by locating community health centers, federally qualified health centers, and community integrated health centers in or near settings that already serve a particular target population, such as schools, workplaces, and senior services facilities.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Place Based Health Care Act of 2009
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Child health
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Income tax credits
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Worker safety and health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 9, 2009Introduced in House
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