3.0.0 2351 2023-01-11T16:03:26Z 2023-01-11T16:03:26Z House H HR 2007-05-16 110 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed02 Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Referred to 2007-07-17T20:25:46Z Referred to 2007-05-16T14:00:20Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2007-05-25T16:42:24Z Referred to 2007-05-16T14:00:15Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2007-05-16T18:47:17Z Referred to 2007-05-16T14:00:10Z hsru00 Rules Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-05-16T14:00:25Z 2007-07-17 hsed02 Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Committee 2007-05-25 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2007-05-16 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2007-05-16 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsru00 Rules Committee 2007-05-16 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2007-05-16 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2007-05-16 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-16 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2007-05-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000009 Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] MARCY KAPTUR D OH 9 N L000553 Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14] STEVEN LATOURETTE R OH C. 14 2007-05-16 True C001049 Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1] WM. CLAY D MO LACY 1 2007-05-16 True H000324 Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23] ALCEE HASTINGS D FL L. 23 2007-05-17 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2007-05-17 False N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2007-05-21 False J000070 Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2] WILLIAM JEFFERSON D LA J. 2 2008-05-22 False Health Access to health care Case management Case mix (Medical care) Child health Chronically ill Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Consumer education Cost control Decision making Disabled Economics and Public Finance Employee health benefits Expedited congressional procedure Families Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to child health services Federal employees Finance and Financial Sector Flexible benefit plans Fraud Government Operations and Politics Government employees' health insurance Government paperwork Health care fraud Health information systems Health insurance Health insurance continuation Health maintenance organizations House rules and procedure Income tax Information technology Insurance premiums Labor and Employment Law Legislation Licenses Managed care Marketing Medicaid Medical economics Medical fees Medical records Medically uninsured Medicare Nonprofit organizations Patients' rights Physicians Poor children Poverty Preventive medicine Profit Reinsurance Science, Technology, Communications Senate rules and procedure Small business Social Welfare Standards State employees Tax credits Tax penalties Tax refunds Tax returns Welfare eligibility Welfare waivers Health 00 2007-05-16 Introduced in House 2007-08-08T21:41:20Z Health Coverage, Affordability, Responsibility, and Equity Act of 2007 or the HealthCARE Act of 2007 - Permits a state to apply to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) for waivers of such provisions of law as may be necessary for the state to implement policies that make comprehensive, affordable health coverage available for all state residents.

Requires the Secretary to establish a process for states to apply for a waiver to implement policies that emphasize the use of preventive services, care coordination by a personal physician, and health information technology.

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to allow state plans for medical assistance to provide Medicaid coverage to individuals who have incomes of no more than 100% of the poverty line.

Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of SSA to permit states to provide child health assistance to all targeted low-income children.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a refundable credit for the cost of qualified health insurance for the taxpayer or qualifying family members. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program to make advance payments to health insurance providers of credit for health insurance costs of eligible low-income individuals.

Establishes a program under which the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall ensure that eligible individuals can enroll in private group health insurance through a purchasing pool operator in participating states.

Directs the Secretary to establish standards for state-based reinsurance programs and permits the Secretary to award grants to states to cover the costs of such programs.

Directs the Secretary to establish the National Advisory Commission on Expanded Access to Health Care to assess the effectiveness of programs designed to expand health care coverage.

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Health Coverage, Affordability, Responsibility, and Equity Act of 2007 Display Title Health Coverage, Affordability, Responsibility, and Equity Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To expand the number of individuals and families with health insurance coverage, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Health Coverage, Affordability, Responsibility, and Equity Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced HealthCARE Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-05-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr2351ih/xml/BILLS-110hr2351ih.xml 2007-07-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. 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.