Consumers Health Care Act of 2009
Latest action · Jun 17, 2009 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6723-6727)
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.
- IntroducedJun 17, 2009
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Consumers Health Care Act of 2009 - Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) an Office of Health Plan Management to establish and administer the Consumer Choice Health Plan to provide for health insurance coverage that is made available to all eligible individuals in the United States and its territories. Requires the Plan to comply with all regulations and requirements that are applicable with respect to other health insurance plans offered through the National Health Insurance Exchange. (The National Health Insurance Exchange has not been established.)
Makes an individual or employer who is eligible to purchase coverage from a health insurance plan through the Exchange eligible to enroll in the Plan or purchase coverage for their employees from the Plan.
Treats an individual's enrollment with the Plan as satisfying any requirement under federal law for such individual to demonstrate enrollment in health insurance or benefits coverage.
Requires Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP, formerly known as SCHIP) providers to provide services to any individual enrolled in the Plan for three years following establishment of the Plan, after which the provider may opt-out. Sets forth provisions governing payment rates.
Requires repayment of funds necessary for the establishment of the Plan. Requires the Plan to be financially self-sustaining.
Authorizes the establishment of the America's Health Insurance Trust as a nonprofit corporation, to provide information on, and oversight of, health insurance plans provided through the Exchange.
Establishes in the Treasury the America's Health Insurance Trust Fund.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a fee on accident and health insurance policies and self-insured health plans.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 17, 2009 to Jun 23, 2009; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Jun 17, 2009 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Jun 23, 2009 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Jun 17, 2009 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 17, 2009Introduced in Senate
- Jun 17, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6722-6723)
- Jun 17, 2009Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6723-6727)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6722Text printed S6723–S6727 | John D. Rockefeller IV D-WV (text) | Jun 17, 2009 |
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.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 111-344 | CONSUMER CHOICES AND TRANSPARENCY IN THE HEALTH INSURANCE INDUSTRY53 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Jun 24, 2009 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to establish the Consumers Choice Health Plan, a public health insurance plan that provides an affordable and accountable health insurance option for consumers.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Consumers Health Care Act of 2009
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Advisory bodies
- Child health
- Congressional oversight
- Consumer affairs
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government trust funds
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Insurance industry and regulation
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Sales and excise taxes
- Tax-exempt organizations
- User charges and fees
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 17, 2009Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
