3.0.0 3757 2023-01-13T04:50:13Z 2023-01-13T04:50:13Z House H HR 2005-09-13 109 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2005-09-19T19:29:12Z Referred to 2005-09-13T16:30:40Z Medicaid Health Opportunity Account Act of 2005 109 1833 S 2005-10-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Identical bill CRS 2005-09-19 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2005-09-13 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2005-09-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000572 Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8] Mike Rogers R MI 8 N B001248 Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] Michael Burgess R TX C. 26 2005-09-13 True B000575 Rep. Blunt, Roy [R-MO-7] ROY BLUNT R MO 7 2005-09-13 True S000364 Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-19] JOHN SHIMKUS R IL M. 19 2005-09-13 True D000533 Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2] JOHN DUNCAN R TN J. 2 2005-09-20 False P000583 Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] RON PAUL R TX 14 2005-09-20 False M001144 Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1] Jeff Miller R FL 1 2005-09-22 False S001152 Rep. Simmons, Rob [R-CT-2] ROB SIMMONS R CT 2 2005-09-22 False M001134 Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9] SUE MYRICK R NC WILKINS 9 2005-11-01 False D000605 Rep. Drake, Thelma D. [R-VA-2] Thelma Drake R VA D. 2 2005-12-06 False Health Coinsurance Congress Congressional reporting requirements Cost effectiveness Cost of living adjustments Economics and Public Finance Electronic funds transfers Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Health insurance Health maintenance organizations Hospital rates Indexing (Economic policy) Managed care Medicaid Medical economics Medical fees Medical savings accounts Preventive medicine Quality of care Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare State laws Welfare eligibility Welfare waivers Health 00 2005-09-13 Introduced in House 2005-11-10T22:32:51Z Medicaid Health Opportunity Account Act of 2005 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration program under which states may provide alternative benefits, including health opportunity accounts, for eligible population groups in one or more geographic areas.

Prohibits the Secretary from approving a state demonstration program unless it provides for transactions involving health opportunity accounts to be conducted electronically and without cash.

Limits contributions into a health opportunity account to those by: (1) the state under Medicaid; and (2) other persons and entities, such as charitable organizations.

Requires a state to specify the contribution amount that shall be deposited into a health opportunity account.

Allows a state to: (1) impose limitations on the maximum contributions that may be deposited into a health opportunity account in a year; and (2) limit contributions into such an account once the balance reaches a specified level.

Prohibits a state from contributing annually to a health opportunity account, on behalf of an individual or family, more than $2,500 per adult and $1,000 per child.

Allows the use of amounts in a health opportunity account for payment of such health care expenditures as the state specifies.

]]> Medicaid Health Opportunity Account Act of 2005 Display Title Medicaid Health Opportunity Account Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced To amend titles XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for health opportunity accounts under the Medicaid Program. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Medicaid Health Opportunity Account Act of 2005 Introduced in House 2005-09-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr3757ih/xml/BILLS-109hr3757ih.xml 2005-09-19 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.