3.0.0 2698 2023-01-15T05:32:37Z 2023-01-15T05:32:37Z House H HR 2003-07-10 108 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2003-07-16T21:28:34Z Referred to 2003-07-10T14:02:35Z 2003-07-16 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2003-07-10 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2003-07-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-07-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B000463 Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9] MICHAEL BILIRAKIS R FL 9 N T000326 Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] EDOLPHUS TOWNS D NY 10 2003-07-10 True F000441 Rep. Fletcher, Ernie [R-KY-6] ERNEST FLETCHER R KY L. 6 2003-07-10 True W000791 Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2] GREG WALDEN R OR 2 2003-07-10 True Health Authorization Department of Health and Human Services Economics and Public Finance Employee health benefits Federal-state relations Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government insurance Grants-in-aid Health insurance Health insurance continuation Income Insurance premiums Labor and Employment Medical economics Medically uninsured Standards Health 00 2003-07-10 Introduced in House 2003-08-06T18:56:09Z Health Insurance Certificate Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program for the issuance to eligible individuals of health insurance certificates to be applied towards the cost of qualified health insurance coverage for such individuals and family members. Declares that no certificate shall be issued to a family member who is covered under the eligible individual's qualified health insurance coverage. Prohibits more than one certificate from being used for any one person. States that a certificate may be used for a spouse and up to two other family members.

Excludes an individual from counting as an eligible individual if such individual is eligible to be covered under any of specified medical programs (not counting Cobra continuation coverage).

Declares that in no case shall the value of a certificate be applied towards an amount that exceeds 70 percent of the premium for coverage for a given period or 70 percent of an employee's premium for coverage under a group health plan.

Sets forth procedures for calculating the value of certificates. Sets forth rules to cover certificates used to purchase coverage in group health plans.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend funding for the operation of State high risk health insurance pools.

]]> Health Insurance Certificate Act of 2003 Display Title Health Insurance Certificate Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced To provide for a system of health insurance certificates to increase the number of Americans with health insurance coverage. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Health Insurance Certificate Act of 2003 Introduced in House 2003-07-10T04:00:00Z 2003-07-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.