3.0.0 3776 2023-01-12T17:52:25Z 2023-01-12T17:52:25Z Senate S S 2006-08-02 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-08-02T22:07:07Z 2006-08-02 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8618-8621) IntroReferral 2006-08-02 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8616-8618) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-08-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. N Health Access to health care Administrative fees Airline passenger traffic Ambulatory care Auctions Aviation safety Commerce Congress Congressional hearings Customs administration Drugs Economics and Public Finance Education Finance and Financial Sector Foreign Trade and International Finance Grants-in-aid Health insurance Health planning Higher education Insurance premiums Law Licenses Medicaid Medical economics Medically uninsured Performance measurement Quality of care Radio spectrum allocation Rebates Social Welfare Student loan funds Transportation and Public Works User charges Health 00 2006-08-02 Introduced in Senate 2006-10-05T15:07:26Z State-Based Health Care Reform Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Health Care Reform Task Force to: (1) approve state, local, or tribal applications for a health care reform grant; and (2) establish minimum performance measures with respect to coverage, quality, and cost of state health care programs.

Requires states seeking a grant to submit to the Task Force a state health care plan that: (1) designates the lead state entity that will be responsible for administering the program; (2) contains a list of the minimum benefits that will be provided to all individuals covered under the state program; (3) includes specific target dates for decreasing the number of uninsured individuals in the state; (4) describes how the state will ensure that an increased number of individuals residing within the state will have expanded access to health care coverage; (5) describes the minimum benefits package that will be provided to every beneficiary; (6) includes provisions to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of health care in the state; and (7) complies with premium and cost sharing limitations.

Requires the Secretary to provide a matching grant to a state with an approved application to enable the state to carry out the state health program.

Authorizes appropriations for the grant program and specifies offsetting savings and fee provisions. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to carry out a Student Aid Reward Program to encourage institutions of higher education to participate in the student loan program under such Act that is most cost-effective for taxpayers.

]]> State-Based Health Care Reform Act Display Title State-Based Health Care Reform Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to ensure the provision of high-quality health care coverage for uninsured individuals through State health care initiatives that expand coverage and access and improve quality and efficiency in the health care system. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced State-Based Health Care Reform Act Introduced in Senate 2006-08-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s3776is/xml/BILLS-109s3776is.xml 2006-08-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8618-8621) 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.