ACA OUTREACH Act
Latest action · Apr 15, 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.
- IntroducedApr 12, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Affordable Care Act Outreach for the Uninsured, Transformative Recruitment, and Enrollment Action for Compassionate Healthcare Act of 2019 or the ACA OUTREACH Act
This bill provides funds through FY2022 for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support (1) navigator programs, which conduct public education activities about qualified health plans and facilitate enrollment; and (2) outreach and promotional activities for health insurance exchanges. HHS also must award grants to states with state-run health insurance exchanges to conduct such outreach and promotional activities among diverse constituencies, including minority, rural, and underserved communities; people with disabilities; young adults; and individuals who are likely to be uninsured.
Cosponsors 28
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 12, 2019 to May 2, 2019; 23 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Apr 12, 2019 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Apr 12, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Apr 12, 2019 |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Original | Apr 12, 2019 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Apr 12, 2019 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Apr 12, 2019 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Apr 12, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Apr 12, 2019 |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | Original | Apr 12, 2019 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Apr 12, 2019 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | Apr 12, 2019 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Apr 12, 2019 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Apr 12, 2019 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Apr 12, 2019 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Apr 12, 2019 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Apr 12, 2019 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Apr 12, 2019 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Apr 12, 2019 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Apr 12, 2019 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Apr 12, 2019 |
| D-CA | Tj Cox | Original | Apr 12, 2019 |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Original | Apr 12, 2019 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Apr 12, 2019 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Apr 25, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Apr 25, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Apr 25, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Apr 25, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | May 2, 2019 |
Committees 1
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 Apr 12, 2019 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Apr 15, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 15, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 12, 2019Introduced in House
- Apr 12, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H3265H.R. 2292–2321 | — | Apr 12, 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. 64, April 12, 2019, page H3265.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-106 | COMBATING AN EPIDEMIC: LEGISLATION TO HELP PATIENTS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DIS- SORDERS356 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Mar 3, 2020 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4784 | ACA OUTREACH Act | Reintroduction of | Jan 12, 2018 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide funding for American Health Benefit Exchanges navigator programs and outreach and promotional activities.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- ACA OUTREACH Act
- Affordable Care Act Outreach for the Uninsured, Transformative Recruitment, and Enrollment Action for Compassionate Healthcare Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Disability and paralysis
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Minority health
- Rural conditions and development
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 12, 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.
