3.0.0 2630 2020-02-10T17:02:00Z 2020-02-10T17:02:00Z Senate S S 2008-02-13 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-02-13T17:53:47Z Commercial Fishing Industry Health Care Coverage Act of 2008 110 5404 HR 2008-02-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2008-02-13 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 S977-978) IntroReferral 2008-02-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE N S000888 Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] THEODORE STEVENS R AK F. 2008-02-13 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2008-02-13 True M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2008-02-13 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2008-04-22 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2008-04-29 False L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2008-04-29 False I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2008-05-07 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2008-05-07 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2008-06-11 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2008-07-10 False Health Access to health care Economics and Public Finance Employee health benefits Fisheries Fishing boats Grants-in-aid Health insurance Health planning Labor and Employment Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Medically uninsured Health 00 2008-02-13 Introduced in Senate 2008-04-08T17:40:40Z Commercial Fishing Industry Health Care Coverage Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration, to establish a grant program to assist commercial fishing states in establishing or strengthening programs to expand health care coverage and access for uninsured or underinsured workers in the commercial fishing industry and their families.

Requires the Secretary to provide: (1) program planning grants for commercial fishing states and organizations within such states, including for initial research and planning to develop a qualified health care coverage program; and (2) implementation and administration grants for such states.

]]> Commercial Fishing Industry Health Care Coverage Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Commercial Fishing Industry Health Care Coverage Act of 2008 Display Title Commercial Fishing Industry Health Care Coverage Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a Federal grant program to provide increased health care coverage to and access for uninsured and underinsured workers and families in the commercial fishing industry, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-02-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2630is/xml/BILLS-110s2630is.xml 2008-02-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S977-978) 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.