Restoring the Partnership for County Health Care Costs Act of 2019
Latest action · Feb 26, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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 25, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Restoring the Partnership for County Health Care Costs Act of 2019
This bill allows an otherwise eligible individual who is in custody pending disposition of charges (i.e., pretrial detainees) to receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Medicare, Medicaid, or Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) benefits.
Any SSI benefits payable to such an individual (1) must be withheld until the individual is no longer in custody; and (2) if the individual dies while in custody, shall be paid to the individual's estate.
Cosponsors 28
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 25, 2019 to Nov 27, 2020, with 8 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Feb 25, 2019 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Feb 25, 2019 |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Original | Feb 25, 2019 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Feb 25, 2019 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Feb 25, 2019 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Feb 25, 2019 |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Original | Feb 25, 2019 |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Original | Feb 25, 2019 |
| D-FL | Donna E. Shalala | Mar 6, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Mucarsel-Powell | Mar 7, 2019 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 27, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | Apr 1, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | May 10, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | May 17, 2019 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 26, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 25, 2019Introduced in House
- Feb 25, 2019Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
- Feb 25, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 25, 2019Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E203-204)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
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- Feb 25, 2019Introduced in House
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