3.0.0 6403 2019-11-15T21:17:37Z 2019-11-15T21:17:37Z House H HR 2006-12-06 109 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-12-06T15:01:35Z 2006-12-06 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2006-12-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-12-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001161 Rep. Schwarz, John J.H. "Joe" [R-MI-7] John Schwarz R MI J.H. "Joe" 7 N Health Coinsurance Dislocated workers Economics and Public Finance Employee health benefits Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Grants-in-aid Health insurance Health insurance continuation Insurance premiums Labor and Employment Medical economics Public service advertising Unemployment Health 00 2006-12-06 Introduced in House 2007-02-08T14:55:50Z Bridges of Hope for Transitional Health Insurance Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to provide funds to eligible public health authorities for the provision of temporary assistance to individual workers who have suffered from permanent changes in a major segment of industrial production employment in a sector of the economy in an area through irreversible structural changes.

Sets forth funding eligibility requirements, including that there is an economic dislocation in the area that results in the creation of an employment shortage for individuals in a particular segment of the industrial economy that is attributable to national treaties, statutes, policies, and objectives.

Requires a program to: (1) provide assistance in paying for health care premiums for employees and former employees (and their family members) in the area served by the authority; and (2) provide such assistance on a sliding scale that does not take into account the value of an individual's homestead or other non-liquid assets.

Allows an eligible public health authority to aggregate and assign individuals to various insurers and to negotiate on behalf of the authority and the federal government for health insurance opportunities that improve the range of coverage and plans or that result in a more reasonable premium or a greater mix of coverage and covered services.

]]> Bridges of Hope for Transitional Health Insurance Act of 2006 Short Titles as Introduced Bridges of Hope for Transitional Health Insurance Act of 2006 Display Title Bridges of Hope for Transitional Health Insurance Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for Federal funding of a Bridges of Hope for Transitional Health Insurance Program to provide, through State inter-governmental public health authorities, displaced employees with assistance for health insurance premiums for themselves and their families. Introduced in House 2006-12-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr6403ih/xml/BILLS-109hr6403ih.xml 2006-12-06 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 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.