3.0.0 158 2023-01-11T20:06:31Z 2023-01-11T20:06:31Z Senate S S 2007-01-04 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-01-04T23:50:06Z 2007-01-04 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2007-01-04 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S149-150) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. N L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2007-01-04 True Health Access to health care Administrative procedure Agriculture and Food Aid to dependent children Block grants Caregivers Child nutrition Chronically ill Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Community health services Congress Congressional reporting requirements Consumer education Consumer protection Cooperative societies Crime and Law Enforcement Disabled Discrimination in insurance Discrimination in medical care Drug abuse Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Employee health benefits Excise tax Families Federal aid to child health services Federal aid to education Federal aid to health facilities Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Food stamps Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government paperwork Government procurement Government trust funds Grants-in-aid Health care fraud Health education Health insurance Health planning Higher education Homeless Hospital care Hospitals Housing and Community Development Immigrant health Immigration Income tax Indexing (Economic policy) Indian medical care Insurance premiums Labor and Employment Law Legislation Lifestyle Long-term care Long-term care insurance Maternal health services Medicaid Medical economics Medical education Medical fees Medically uninsured Medicare Mental health services Minorities Nonprofit organizations Nursing Nutrition Obesity Parents Part-time employment Performance measurement Physical education and training Physicians Poor children Pregnant women Preventive medicine Public health personnel Quality of care Reinsurance Retiree health benefits Rural health Scholarships School health programs School lunch program Self-employed Signs and symbols Small business Smoking Social Welfare Sports and Recreation Student loan funds Subsidies Tax credits Tax deductions Tax exclusion Tax penalties Tax refunds Tax returns Taxation Urban affairs Urban areas WIC program Welfare eligibility Welfare work participation Withholding tax Women Health 00 2007-01-04 Introduced in Senate 2007-02-10T15:43:41Z Access to Affordable Health Care Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) tax credits to small businesses for qualified employee health insurance expenses; (2) tax credits for qualified health insurance; (3) deductions for long-term care premiums; and (4) tax credits for individuals with long-term care needs.

Requires the Secretary of Labor to award grants to states to assist in planning, developing, and operating qualified small employer purchasing groups for health insurance.

Directs the Small Business Administration to award grants to states, local governments, and nonprofit organizations to provide health insurance information to small employers.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to award demonstration grants for states to demonstrate the effectiveness of innovative ways to increase access to health insurance.

Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) to: (1) establish a special rule for redistribution of unspent FY2004 allotments; and (2) provide for additional allotments to eliminate FY2007 funding shortfalls remaining after redistribution of unspent FY2004 allotments. Renames such title the FamilyCare program and allows states to extend coverage to qualified children, parents, and pregnant women. Allows states to simplify the qualification and enrollment requirements.

Requires the Secretary to provide for improved outreach and enrollment in government programs for eligible children and homeless individuals and families.

Expresses the sense of the Senate that appropriations for consolidated health centers and the National Health Service Corps should be doubled over the next five fiscal years.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) award grants to states for the promotion of healthy lifestyles and for the establishment and operation of worksite wellness programs for small employers and their employees; (2) expand comprehensive school health education programs; and (3) establish demonstration projects related to providing low-cost, high-quality health care and attracting educators and clinical practitioners to underserved areas.

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Access to Affordable Health Care Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to expand access to affordable health care and to strengthen the health care safety net and make health care services more available in rural and underserved areas. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Access to Affordable Health Care Act Short Titles as Introduced Access to Affordable Health Care Act Introduced in Senate 2007-01-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s158is/xml/BILLS-110s158is.xml 2007-01-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.