3.0.0 5341 2023-01-14T22:48:39Z 2023-01-14T22:48:39Z House H HR 2004-10-08 108 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2004-10-08T19:11:57Z Referred to 2004-10-08T13:01:15Z 2004-10-08 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2004-10-08 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2004-10-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-10-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000275 Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3] JOHN SHADEGG R AZ 3 N N000051 Rep. Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [R-WA-5] GEORGE NETHERCUTT R WA 5 2004-10-08 True Health Appropriations Authorization Department of Health and Human Services Economics and Public Finance Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government insurance Grants-in-aid Health insurance Insurance premiums Medically uninsured Standards Health 00 2004-10-08 Introduced in House 2005-02-05T17:08:00Z State High Risk Pool Funding Extension Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize funds for States to create and to operate existing high risk health insurance pools.

Increases the maximum allowable premium in a qualified high risk pool to 200 percent of the premium for applicable standard risk rates. Defines "standard risk rate" as a rate that: (1) is determined under the State high risk pool by considering the premiums charged by other health insurers in the same market; (2) is established using reasonable actuarial techniques; and (3) reflects anticipated claims experience and expenses.

Expands the definition of "qualified high risk pool" to allow a State to meet the requirement to provide all eligible individuals with health insurance coverage by utilizing an acceptable alternative mechanism that includes a high risk pool as a component and: (1) that provides for risk adjustment, risk spreading, or a risk spreading mechanism (among issuers or policies of an issuer) or for some financial subsidization for eligible individuals, including through assistance to participating issuers; or (2) under which each eligible individual is provided a choice of all individual health insurance coverage otherwise available.

Amends the formula for appropriating funds to States to operate such pools to give one-half of the funds to eligible States equally and apportion the other half based on the number of uninsured individuals in each State and the number of enrollees in the State's qualified high risk pool. (Currently, all funds are allotted based solely on the number of uninsured individuals in the State.)

]]> State High Risk Pool Funding Extension Act of 2004 Display Title State High Risk Pool Funding Extension Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to extend Federal funding for the establishment and operation of State high risk health insurance pools. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced State High Risk Pool Funding Extension Act of 2004 Introduced in House 2004-10-08T04:00:00Z 2004-10-08 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.