Access for All America Act
Latest action · Feb 26, 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.
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2009
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Access for All America Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) increase and extend the authorization of appropriations for community health centers and for the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment program for FY2010-FY2015, and provide for increased funding for such programs in FY2016 and each subsequent fiscal year; and (2) revise and expand provisions allowing a community health center to provide services at different locations, adjust its operating plan and budget, enter into arrangements with other centers to purchase supplies and services at reduced cost, and correct material failures in grant compliance.
Cosponsors 25
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 26, 2009 to Jun 10, 2009; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Original | Feb 26, 2009 |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | Feb 26, 2009 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Feb 26, 2009 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Feb 26, 2009 |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Original | Feb 26, 2009 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Feb 26, 2009 |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Original | Feb 26, 2009 |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Original | Feb 26, 2009 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Feb 26, 2009 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | Feb 26, 2009 |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Original | Feb 26, 2009 |
| D-AK | Mark Begich | Original | Feb 26, 2009 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Feb 26, 2009 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Feb 26, 2009 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Feb 26, 2009 |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Original | Feb 26, 2009 |
| D-IL | Roland Burris | Original | Feb 26, 2009 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Feb 26, 2009 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Feb 26, 2009 |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Original | Feb 26, 2009 |
| D-IA | Tom Harkin | Original | Feb 26, 2009 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Mar 9, 2009 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Mar 17, 2009 | |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Mar 30, 2009 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Jun 10, 2009 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Feb 26, 2009 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 26, 2009Introduced in Senate
- Feb 26, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2561-2562)
- Feb 26, 2009Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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 S2561 | Bernard Sanders I-VT | Feb 26, 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 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010319 pages | Appropriations Committee | Apr 30, 2009–May 22, 2009 |
| S. Hrg. 111-656 | PRIMARY HEALTH CARE ACCESS REFORM: COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS AND THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS83 pages | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Apr 30, 2009 |
| S. Hrg. 111-850 | DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010618 pages | Appropriations Committee | Apr 30, 2009–Jun 9, 2009 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1296 | Access for All America Act | Identical bill | Mar 5, 2009 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all Americans and to reform the organization of primary care delivery through an expansion of the Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Access for All America Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 26, 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.
