State-Based Universal Health Care Act of 2021
Latest action · Jun 9, 2021 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.
- IntroducedJun 8, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
State-Based Universal Health Care Act of 2021
This bill establishes the option for states, or groups of states, to apply to waive certain federal health insurance requirements and provide residents with health insurance benefits plans through a state-administered program. Such programs must cover 95% of the residents in the state within five years and plan benefits must be at least as comprehensive and affordable as the coverage under the equivalent federal program.
State programs are supported with funds from the federal programs the state programs replace, which may include Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, the Federal Employee Health Benefits program, certain federal tax credits, and premium-assistance funds, among others.
The bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to appoint an Independent Assessment Panel for Comprehensive Care to review and recommend whether to approve state applications. Each approved state program must be independently reviewed every five years to evaluate changes in health benefits access, quality, and coverage, including whether the state has met the 95% coverage requirement.
The federal government must pay all health insurance costs for American Indians and Alaska Natives who enroll in a plan through a state insurance program.
Cosponsors 27
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 8, 2021 to Jun 23, 2022; 24 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Jun 8, 2021 |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Original | Jun 8, 2021 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Jun 8, 2021 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Jun 8, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Jun 8, 2021 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Jun 8, 2021 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Jun 8, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jun 8, 2021 |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Original | Jun 8, 2021 |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | Original | Jun 8, 2021 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Jun 8, 2021 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Jun 8, 2021 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Jun 8, 2021 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Jun 8, 2021 |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Original | Jun 8, 2021 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Jun 8, 2021 |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Original | Jun 8, 2021 |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Original | Jun 8, 2021 |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Original | Jun 8, 2021 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Jun 8, 2021 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Jun 8, 2021 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Jun 8, 2021 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Jun 8, 2021 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Jun 8, 2021 |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Aug 31, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Mar 15, 2022 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Jun 23, 2022 |
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 Jun 8, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 9, 2021 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jun 8, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 8, 2021 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Jun 8, 2021 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jun 8, 2021 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jun 8, 2021 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 9, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 8, 2021Introduced in House
- Jun 8, 2021Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Armed Services, Oversight and Reform, and Education and Labor, 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.
- Jun 8, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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. 167, no. 99, June 8, 2021, page H2702.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5010 | State-Based Universal Health Care Act of 2019 | Reintroduction of | Nov 12, 2019 |
| HR 6270 | State-Based Universal Health Care Act of 2023 | Reintroduced Bill | Dec 17, 2024 |
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 Title(s) as Introduced
- State-Based Universal Health Care Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advisory bodies
- Child health
- Comprehensive health care
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Federal-Indian relations
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Income tax credits
- Indian social and development programs
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Minority health
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 8, 2021Introduced 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.
