3.0.0 1716 2018-02-03T22:09:14Z 2023-01-12T10:33:01Z Senate S S 2005-09-15 109 Emergency Health Care Relief Act of 2005 109 3952 HR 2005-10-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2005-10-18 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11473) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10416) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-19 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 214. Calendars 2005-09-15 Senate Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Calendars 2005-09-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2005-09-15 True C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2005-09-19 False L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2005-09-19 False L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2005-09-19 False P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford 2005-09-19 False S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2005-09-19 False S000320 Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL] Richard Shelby R AL C. 2005-09-20 False J000072 Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] JAMES JEFFORDS I VT MERRILL 2005-09-22 False D000596 Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] MARK DAYTON D MN 2005-09-22 False R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2005-09-22 False S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2005-09-22 False C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2005-09-26 False W000154 Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] JOHN WARNER R VA WILLIAM 2005-09-30 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2005-10-06 False 2005-09-22T04:00:00Z S. 1716, Emergency Health Care Relief Act of 2005 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/17183 <p>Cost estimate for the bill an amendment in the nature of a substitute to S. 1716</p> 2005-09-22T04:00:00Z S. 1716, Emergency Health Care Relief Act of 2005 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17183 Cost estimate for the bill an amendment in the nature of a substitute to S. 1716 Emergency Management Administrative procedure Aid to dependent children Alabama Alcoholism Appropriations Auditing Cash welfare block grants Child health Child support Collection of accounts Community health services Congress Congressional reporting requirements Counseling Credit cards Debt Department of Health and Human Services Disabled Disaster relief Displaced persons Drug abuse Drug abuse treatment Drugs Economics and Public Finance Evacuation of civilians Families Federal aid to child health services Finance and Financial Sector Floods Fraud Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government procurement Government trust funds Governmental investigations Health Health care fraud Health insurance Home care services Homeless Hospital rates Hospitals Housing and Community Development Hurricane aftermath legislation Hurricanes Inspectors general Insurance premiums Intergovernmental fiscal relations Labor and Employment Law Liability (Law) Louisiana Medicaid Medical screening Medical supplies Medicare Mental health services Mississippi Office of Management and Budget Old age, survivors and disability insurance Poor children Pregnant women Prescription pricing Psychotherapy Public records Quality of care Self-help devices for the disabled Social Welfare Social work State laws Unemployment Unemployment insurance Water Resources Development Welfare eligibility Women Women's health Emergency Management 00 2005-09-15 Introduced in Senate 2005-11-25T14:57:35Z Emergency Health Care Relief Act of 2005 - Requires a state to provide medical assistance to eligible Hurricane Katrina survivors under a state Medicaid plan.

Increases the federal medical assistance percentage for providing medical assistance under a state Medicaid plan to any individual residing in certain affected areas of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.

Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to waive certain requirements in any geographical area in which there are a significant number of evacuees from an emergency area.

Establishes the Disaster Relief Fund for payments to: (1) Medicaid providers to offset costs incurred by such providers as a result of Hurricane Katrina; and (2) state insurance commissioners for making payments to health insurance issuers for health insurance premiums for eligible individuals or qualified employers.

Amends the TANF Emergency Response and Recovery Act of 2005 to revise the definition of "needy state" for purposes of Temporary Assistance for Needy Family (TANF) block grants to include any direct impact states and any other states that provide benefits or services to a family that resided in a direct impact state and traveled to the state as a result of the hurricane. Increases the maximum amount of all TANF loans that can be made to a state.

Allows the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, or Alabama to enter into and participate in an agreement with the Secretary of Labor to make payments of temporary extended unemployment compensation to individuals who are not otherwise entitled to such compensation.

Authorizes modifications to procurement procedures as necessary for the support of Hurricane Katrina rescue and relief operations.

]]> Emergency Health Care Relief Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Emergency Health Care Relief Act of 2005 Popular Titles Health Care Emergency Relief bill 9 Library of Congress Display Title Emergency Health Care Relief Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide emergency health care relief for survivors of Hurricane Katrina, and for other purposes. Placed on Calendar Senate 2005-09-19T04:00:00Z 2005-10-18 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11473) 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.