State-Based Universal Health Care Act of 2015
Latest action · Nov 16, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, 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.
- IntroducedJul 28, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
State-Based Universal Health Care Act of 2015
This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to allow states to apply for waivers to health benefits coverage requirements in order to implement a universal health care plan. The state universal health care plan must be at least as comprehensive and affordable as coverage under federal health programs and cover substantially all state residents.
States may apply to waive requirements for:
- health insurance exchanges, plans sold on exchanges, and the program to support nonprofit insurance issuers;
- reduced cost-sharing for individuals meeting income criteria;
- health insurance premium subsidies, employer shared responsibility payments, and minimum essential coverage;
- health benefits under titles XI (General Provisions), XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), and XXI (Children's Health Insurance) (CHIP) of the Social Security Act;
- federal employee health benefits;
- health benefits for members of the military; and
- health insurance under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must pay a state that assumes responsibility for health coverage currently provided under a federal health program the amount that would otherwise have been spent under the program.
HHS, the Office of Personnel Management, and the Departments of the Treasury, Defense, and Labor must coordinate and consolidate this state waiver process with existing waiver processes to ensure consistency and avoid duplication of effort.Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 15, 2015.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Sep 15, 2015 |
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 Jul 28, 2015 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jul 31, 2015 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jul 28, 2015 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Aug 5, 2015 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jul 28, 2015 |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Jul 28, 2015 |
| Military Personnel Subcommittee | Referred Aug 13, 2015 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jul 28, 2015 |
| Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee | Referred Nov 16, 2015 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 16, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
- Aug 13, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Aug 5, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 31, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 28, 2015Introduced in House
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 E1147 | Jim McDermott D-WA | Jul 28, 2015 |
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 Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 120, July 28, 2015, page H5590.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to authorize the establishment of, and provide support for, State-based universal health care systems that provide comprehensive health benefits to State residents, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- State-Based Universal Health Care Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Child health
- Comprehensive health care
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health programs administration and funding
- Income tax credits
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 28, 2015Introduced 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.
