American Health Security Act of 2011
Latest action · May 18, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
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 17, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
American Health Security Act of 2011 - Establishes the State-Based American Health Security Program to provide every U.S. resident who is a U.S. citizen, national, or lawful resident alien with health care services. Requires each participating state to establish a state health security program.
Eliminates benefits under: (1) titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), and XXI (Children's Health Insurance) (CHIP, formerly known as SCHIP) of the Social Security Act; (2) the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program; and (3) TRICARE.
Repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) related to health insurance coverage, including provisions concerning state health insurance exchanges.
Requires each state health security program to prohibit the sale of health insurance in that state that duplicates benefits provided under the program.
Establishes the American Health Security Standards Board to: (1) develop policies, procedures, guidelines and requirements to carry out this Act; (2) establish uniform reporting requirements and quality performance standards; (3) provide for an American Health Security Advisory Council and an Advisory Committee on Health Professional Education; and (4) establish a national health security budget specifying the total federal and state expenditures to be made for covered health care services.
Establishes the American Health Security Quality Council to: (1) review and evaluate practice guidelines, standards of quality, performance measures, and medical review criteria; and (2) develop minimum competence criteria.
Establishes the Office of Primary Care and Prevention Research within the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Creates the American Health Security Trust Fund and appropriates to it specified tax liabilities and current health program receipts, including premium assistance credits under PPACA.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 3, 2011 to Jan 19, 2012.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Jun 3, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Jun 3, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Jun 15, 2011 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Jun 15, 2011 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jun 15, 2011 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jun 21, 2011 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Jun 21, 2011 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Jun 21, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jun 22, 2011 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Jul 7, 2011 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jan 19, 2012 |
Committees 5
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 Mar 17, 2011 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 28, 2011 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Mar 17, 2011 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Apr 7, 2011 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Mar 17, 2011 |
| Information Technology Subcommittee | Referred Apr 1, 2011 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Mar 17, 2011 |
| Military Personnel Subcommittee | Referred May 18, 2011 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Mar 17, 2011 |
| Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee | Referred Apr 4, 2011 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 18, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Apr 7, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 4, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
- Apr 1, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy.
- Mar 28, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 17, 2011Introduced in House
- Mar 17, 2011Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E518)
- Mar 17, 2011Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E518 | Jim McDermott D-WA | Mar 17, 2011 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1987.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 915 | American Health Security Act of 2011 | Related bill | May 9, 2011 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for health care for every American and to control the cost and enhance the quality of the health care system.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- American Health Security Act of 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Advisory bodies
- Child health
- Comprehensive health care
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Education programs funding
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Employment taxes
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Financial services and investments
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Government trust funds
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health information and medical records
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Income tax credits
- Income tax rates
- Intergovernmental relations
- Medicaid
- Medical education
- Medical research
- Medicare
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Performance measurement
- Research administration and funding
- Sales and excise taxes
- Securities
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 17, 2011Introduced in House
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.
