3.0.0 16 2019-11-15T21:52:27Z 2019-11-15T21:52:27Z Senate S S 2005-01-24 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-01-24T23:39:36Z 2005-01-24 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S184-204) IntroReferral 2005-01-24 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S183-184) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-01-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE N R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. 2005-01-24 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2005-01-24 True C001042 Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] JON CORZINE D NJ S. 2005-01-24 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2005-01-24 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2005-01-24 True A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2005-01-24 True I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2005-01-24 True L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2005-01-24 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2005-01-24 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2005-01-24 True R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2005-01-24 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2005-01-24 True P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford 2005-01-24 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2005-01-24 True D000596 Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] MARK DAYTON D MN 2005-01-25 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2005-01-31 False D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2005-02-03 False Health Access to health care Administrative procedure Block grants Child health Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Clinical trials Commerce Communication in medicine Computer software Conflict of interests Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Consumer education Contraceptives Crime and Law Enforcement Department of Health and Human Services Drug abuse Drug abuse prevention Drug adulteration Drug industry Drug interactions Drug therapy Drug traffic Drugs Economics and Public Finance Employee health benefits Executive Office of the President Executive reorganization Exports Families Family planning and birth control Federal aid to child health services Federal aid to health facilities Federal employees Federally-guaranteed loans Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Health counseling Health information systems Health insurance Health planning Health warnings Immigrant health Immigration Import restrictions Income tax Information technology Injunctions Insurance premiums Labor and Employment Law Legislation Licenses Maternal health services Medicaid Medical records Medical technology Medically uninsured Pregnant women Presidential appointments Public-private partnerships Quality of care Right of privacy Science, Technology, Communications Small business Smoking Social Welfare Standards Tax credits Tax deductions Tax exemption Tax refunds Tax returns Taxation Welfare eligibility Whistle blowing Women Women's health Health 00 2005-01-24 Introduced in Senate 2005-03-24T20:33:32Z Affordable Health Care Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise provisions governing the importation of prescription drugs. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations allowing the importation of prescription drugs from certain countries.

Allows the Secretary to require the sponsor of an approved drug to conduct one or more studies that confirms or refutes a credible hypothesis of a significant safety issue.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the Office of Health Information Technology to improve the quality and efficiency of health care delivery through the use of health information technology.

Requires the Secretary, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish uniform health care quality measures and public reporting requirements across all federally supported health delivery programs.

Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to give States the option to expand or add coverage of children, pregnant women, and legal immigrants under titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP).

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain small business employers a refundable tax credit for a portion of their employee health insurance costs.

Amends SSA to set forth provisions (as a new title XXII) addressing health insurance coverage for small businesses.

]]> Affordable Health Care Act Short Titles as Introduced Affordable Health Care Act Display Title Affordable Health Care Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to reduce to the cost of quality health care coverage and improve the availability of health care coverage for all Americans. Introduced in Senate 2005-01-24T05:00:00Z 2005-01-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S184-204) 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.