Ensure Children Have Health Care Act
Latest action · Aug 2, 2011 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.
- IntroducedAug 2, 2011
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Ensure Children Have Health Care Act - Permits a health insurance issuer that is licensed to offer child-only health insurance coverage in one state to also offer such coverage to eligible residents of other states.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) provide for the application of a uniform annual enrollment period for such coverage; and (2) promulgate regulations that provide protections to enrollees, ensure the solvency of health insurance issuers that offer such coverage, and clarify the procedures that would apply when an enrollee has a complaint concerning his or her coverage.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 2, 2011 to Oct 3, 2011; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TN | Lamar Alexander | Original | Aug 2, 2011 |
| R-WY | Michael B. Enzi | Original | Aug 2, 2011 |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Sep 6, 2011 | |
| D-AK | Mark Begich | Oct 3, 2011 |
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 Aug 2, 2011 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 2, 2011Introduced in Senate
- Aug 2, 2011Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to give Americans access to affordable child-only health insurance coverage.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Ensure Children Have Health Care Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 2, 2011Introduced in Senate
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