S 211 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Calling for 2-1-1 Act of 2009

Introduced Jan 12, 2009 Originated Senate Sponsor Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jan 12, 2009 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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.

  1. IntroducedJan 12, 2009
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Calling for 2-1-1 Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award a grant to each state to carry out a program for making available throughout that state the 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services. Requires a participating state to ensure that at least 50% of the resources of the program funded by the grant will be derived from other sources. Requires a state seeking a grant to carry out its activities through a lead entity to be known as a 2-1-1 Collaborative.

Requires grant amounts to be used solely to make available to a state 2-1-1 telephone service for community information and referral on human services to all citizens of that state with phone access, including telephone connections between families and individuals seeking services and the service providers.

Requires grant recipients to: (1) abide by the Key Standards for 2-1-1 Centers; and (2) collaborate with human service organizations to provide an exhaustive database of services with which to provide information or referral to individuals utilizing the 2-1-1 service.

Cosponsors 61

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 12, 2009 to May 26, 2010; 23 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-PAArlen SpecterOriginalJan 12, 2009
D-MDBarbara A. MikulskiOriginalJan 12, 2009
D-MICarl LevinOriginalJan 12, 2009
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalJan 12, 2009
D-HIDaniel K. AkakaOriginalJan 12, 2009
D-HIDaniel K. InouyeOriginalJan 12, 2009
D-MIDebbie StabenowOriginalJan 12, 2009
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalJan 12, 2009
D-NJFrank R. LautenbergOriginalJan 12, 2009
D-MAJohn F. KerryOriginalJan 12, 2009
D-WAMaria CantwellOriginalJan 12, 2009
D-LAMary L. LandrieuOriginalJan 12, 2009
R-MEOlympia J. SnoweOriginalJan 12, 2009
R-KSPat RobertsOriginalJan 12, 2009
D-WAPatty MurrayOriginalJan 12, 2009
R-NCRichard BurrOriginalJan 12, 2009
R-INRichard G. LugarOriginalJan 12, 2009
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalJan 12, 2009
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalJan 12, 2009
D-PARobert P. Casey Jr.OriginalJan 12, 2009
D-RISheldon WhitehouseOriginalJan 12, 2009
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalJan 12, 2009
R-MESusan M. CollinsOriginalJan 12, 2009
I-CTJoseph I. LiebermanJan 13, 2009
D-CABarbara BoxerJan 15, 2009
D-AKMark BegichJan 28, 2009
D-ORRon WydenFeb 11, 2009
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinMar 11, 2009
I-VTBernard SandersMar 11, 2009
D-RIJack ReedMar 11, 2009
R-GASaxby ChamblissMar 12, 2009
R-AKLisa MurkowskiMar 16, 2009
D-MNAmy KlobucharMar 17, 2009
R-UTRobert F. BennettMar 17, 2009
D-IATom HarkinMar 24, 2009
D-NCKay R. HaganApr 27, 2009
D-ARBlanche L. LincolnMay 4, 2009
D-NEBen NelsonMay 6, 2009
R-GAJohnny IsaksonMay 11, 2009
R-SCLindsey GrahamMay 11, 2009
R-LADavid VitterJun 1, 2009
D-MAEdward M. KennedyJun 1, 2009
R-TNLamar AlexanderJun 4, 2009
R-MSThad CochranJun 10, 2009
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandJun 16, 2009
R-UTOrrin G. HatchJul 7, 2009
D-NMTom UdallJul 15, 2009
D-NDKent ConradJul 21, 2009
D-ARMark L. PryorJul 24, 2009
D-SDTim JohnsonJul 29, 2009
D-ORJeff MerkleyAug 5, 2009
D-CTChristopher J. DoddAug 6, 2009
D-FLBill NelsonSep 9, 2009
R-NEMike JohannsOct 14, 2009
D-NDByron L. DorganOct 27, 2009
D-MNAl FrankenJan 22, 2010
D-NMJeff BingamanMar 18, 2010
D-COMark UdallApr 13, 2010
D-DEThomas R. CarperApr 13, 2010
R-IAChuck GrassleyApr 30, 2010
D-COMichael F. BennetMay 26, 2010

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateHealth, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Referred Jan 12, 2009

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 12, 2009Introduced in Senate
  2. Jan 12, 2009Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 211Calling for 2-1-1 Act of 2009Related billSep 15, 2010

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services and volunteer services, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Calling for 2-1-1 Act of 2009

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Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 12, 2009Introduced in Senate

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