HR 3860 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Humane Correctional Health Care Act

Introduced Jun 6, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Ann M. Kuster D-NH

Latest action · Jun 9, 2023 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 6, 2023
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Humane Correctional Health Care Act

This bill allows states to cover inmates of public institutions under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The Government Accountability Office must report on specified information relating to the health of inmates and the effects of Medicaid and CHIP coverage.

Cosponsors 11

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 6, 2023 to Jun 12, 2023; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-WA	Adam Smith	Original	Jun 6, 2023
D-VT	Becca Balint	Original	Jun 6, 2023
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick	Original	Jun 6, 2023
D-MD	David J. Trone	Original	Jun 6, 2023
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Jun 6, 2023
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester	Original	Jun 6, 2023
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici	Original	Jun 6, 2023
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell	Original	Jun 6, 2023
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas	Original	Jun 6, 2023
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal		Jun 7, 2023
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Jun 12, 2023

Committees 2

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 6, 2023
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Jun 9, 2023
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Jun 6, 2023

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 9, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 6, 2023Introduced in House
Jun 6, 2023Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, the Taxing and Spending Clause: ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States . . .'' The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would allow Medicaid to provide insurance coverage for people who are incarcerated.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 98, June 6, 2023, page H2764.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1820	Humane Correctional Health Care Act	Identical bill	Jun 6, 2023

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide a consistent standard of health care to incarcerated individuals, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Humane Correctional Health Care Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 6, 2023Introduced in House

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