3.0.0 325 2023-01-11T20:05:25Z 2023-01-11T20:05:25Z Senate S S 2007-01-17 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-01-18T00:07:25Z 2007-01-17 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 S698-701) IntroReferral 2007-01-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S696-698) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS N V000126 Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] GEORGE VOINOVICH R OH V. 2007-01-17 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2007-11-16 False Health Access to health care Congress Economics and Public Finance Expedited congressional procedure Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to health facilities Government Operations and Politics Health information systems Health insurance Health planning Housing and Community Development Legislation Medical economics Medical records Medically uninsured Performance measurement Quality of care Rural health State-local relations Urban affairs Urban areas Health 00 2007-01-17 Introduced in Senate 2007-02-17T15:44:42Z Health Partnership Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a State Health Innovation Commission. Requires the Commission to: (1) provide states with reform options for state health care expansion and improvement programs; (2) establish minimum performance measures and goals with respect to coverage, quality, and cost of state programs; (3) review state applications and determine whether to submit a state proposal to Congress; and (4) submit to Congress a list of state applications that the Commission recommends for approval. Deems such proposals to be approved unless a joint resolution has been enacted disapproving such proposal. Sets forth rules for congressional consideration of such proposals.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) provide a grant to a state that has an application approved to enable such state to carry out an innovative state health program; (2) give priority to those state programs that the Commission determines have the greatest opportunity to succeed in providing expanded health insurance coverage and improving health access; and (3) link state allocations to the meeting of the goals and performance measures established under this Act.

Prohibits states from: (1) failing to maintain the same level of expenditures for health care coverage; (2) changing eligibility criteria for state medical assistance programs; or (3) permitting the imposition of any preexisting condition exclusion for covered benefits, with exceptions.

]]> Health Partnership Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for innovation in health care through State initiatives that expand coverage and access and improve quality and efficiency in the health care system. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Health Partnership Act Short Titles as Introduced Health Partnership Act Introduced in Senate 2007-01-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s325is/xml/BILLS-110s325is.xml 2007-01-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S698-701) 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.