3.0.0 2925 2023-01-11T13:18:48Z 2023-01-11T13:18:48Z House H HR 2009-06-17 111 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2009-06-18T19:47:55Z Referred to 2009-06-17T14:03:22Z 2009-06-18 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2009-06-17 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2009-06-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-06-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H000676 Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2] PETER HOEKSTRA R MI 2 N E000092 Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3] VERNON EHLERS R MI J. 3 2009-06-17 True H001041 Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2] Dean Heller R NV 2 2009-06-17 True B001239 Rep. Barrett, J. Gresham [R-SC-3] J. Barrett R SC Gresham 3 2009-06-17 True S001143 Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3] MARK SOUDER R IN EDWARD 3 2009-06-24 False Health Employee benefits and pensions Government information and archives Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health information and medical records Health personnel Self-employed Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Health 00 2009-06-17 Introduced in House 2009-09-10T17:39:13Z Communities Building Access Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to public or nonprofit private entities to carry out demonstration projects for the purpose of making health care coverage available, on a cost-sharing basis, to: (1) employees through employers that have not contributed to health care benefits for employees during the prior 12 months; and (2) self-employed individuals who have been without such coverage during the prior 12 months.

Requires the Secretary to make matching grants to public or nonprofit private entities to carry out demonstration projects for the purpose of forming and maintaining networks composed of health care specialists who volunteer health services to eligible individuals.

Directs the Secretary to make an award of a grant or contract for the establishment and operation of a clearinghouse for information on demonstration projects under this Act and similar projects that are community initiated. Allows the Secretary to carry out a program to encourage public and private entities that plan or operate such projects to submit information to the clearinghouse.

]]> Communities Building Access Act Display Title Communities Building Access Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for community projects that will reduce the number of individuals who are uninsured with respect to health care, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Communities Building Access Act Introduced in House 2009-06-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr2925ih/xml/BILLS-111hr2925ih.xml 2009-06-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.