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; 8 are original cosponsors, there from 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 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Jun 5, 2019 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jun 5, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Jun 12, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jun 12, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Sep 25, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Oct 23, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Nov 13, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Nov 14, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Dec 3, 2019 | |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Jan 14, 2020 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Jan 15, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Feb 4, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Nov 27, 2020 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 25, 2019 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 25, 2019 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 25, 2019 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 26, 2019 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 26, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 25, 2019Introduced in House
- Feb 25, 2019Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E203-204)
- Feb 25, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 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.
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 E203 | Alcee L. Hastings D-FL | Feb 25, 2019 |
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. 165, no. 34, February 25, 2019, page H2102.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 165 | Restoring the Partnership for County Health Care Costs Act of 2017 | Reintroduction of | Jan 25, 2017 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend titles XVI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act to remove limitations on Medicaid, Medicare, SSI, and CHIP benefits for persons in custody pending disposition of charges.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Restoring the Partnership for County Health Care Costs Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 25, 2019Introduced 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.
