3.0.0 2544 2023-01-15T04:49:22Z 2023-01-15T04:49:22Z Senate S S 2004-06-17 108 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-06-17T23:19:46Z Health Care Access for Small Businesses Act of 2003 108 906 S 2003-04-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5361-5363) Related bill CRS 2004-06-17 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7015-7016) IntroReferral 2004-06-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 6/18/2004 S7014-7015) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-06-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI N L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2004-06-17 True L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2004-06-17 True Health Access to health care Commerce Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Economics and Public Finance Employee health benefits Families Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Grants-in-aid Health insurance Insurance premiums Married people Medical economics Medically uninsured Nonprofit organizations Performance measurement Small business Social Welfare Health 00 2004-06-17 Introduced in Senate 2004-09-15T19:04:36Z Health Care Access for Small Businesses Act of 2004 - Amends the Social Security Act to create a new title XXII to address health insurance coverage for small businesses.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants for the startup and operation of 50 eligible three-share (three-way health insurance premium sharing between employer, employee, and the community) pilot programs for a five-year period.

Authorizes the use of grants to establish three-share programs, provide for contributions to premiums assessed for coverage under such programs, and establish risk pools.

Requires grant applicants to: (1) be either nonprofits or local governmental entities; (2) define the program's service region; (3) have the capacity to carry out administrative functions associated with managing health plans; and (4) have demonstrated community involvement.

Requires programs to pay for the costs of services through monthly premiums, divided according to specified percentages.

Sets forth minimal coverage requirements for three-share program eligibility.

Requires the Administrator to develop a formula to determine which businesses qualify as distressed businesses for purposes of this Act.

Directs the General Accounting Office to submit a report to the Secretary and appropriate congressional committees after the grant period has ended.

]]> Health Care Access for Small Businesses Act of 2004 Display Title Health Care Access for Small Businesses Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the certification of programs to provide uninsured employees of small businesses access to health coverage, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Health Care Access for Small Businesses Act of 2004 Introduced in Senate 2004-06-17T04:00:00Z 2004-06-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7015-7016) 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.