3.0.0 3889 2023-01-11T13:17:50Z 2023-01-11T13:17:50Z House H HR 2009-10-21 111 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2009-10-22T18:53:35Z Referred to 2009-10-21T14:01:50Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-10-21T14:02:37Z hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-10-21T14:02:36Z To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, repeal the 7.5 percent threshold on the deduction for medical expenses, provide for increased funding for high-risk pools, allow acquiring health insurance across State lines, and allow for the creation of association health plans. 111 5421 HR 2010-06-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2009-10-22 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2009-10-21 Referred to House Ways and Means IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2009-10-21 Referred to House Education and Labor IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2009-10-21 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Ways and Means, 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 2009-10-21 Referred to House Energy and Commerce IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2009-10-21 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H11572-11574) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-10-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-10-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001262 Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10] Paul Broun R GA C. 10 N Health Administrative remedies Consumer affairs Disability and health-based discrimination Emergency medical services and trauma care Employee benefits and pensions Government studies and investigations Government trust funds Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Income tax credits Income tax deductions Intergovernmental relations Licensing and registrations Medical tests and diagnostic methods Medicare Prescription drugs Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations State and local government operations State and local taxation User charges and fees Health 00 2009-10-21 Introduced in House 2010-04-13T20:39:10Z Offering Patients True Individualized Options Act of 2009 or the OPTION Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) eliminate restrictions on the tax deduction for medical expenses; (2) expand health care savings accounts (HSAs) and increase the maximum contribution level for such accounts; (3) allow physicians a tax credit for providing charity care; and (4) extend continuation coverage under COBRA (health insurance continuation benefits under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985).

Amends title II (Federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Benefits) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a procedure to enroll a Medicare Part A beneficiary in the Medicare Reform Voucher Program to buy private health insurance.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow certified medical professionals to assess the nature and extent of an emergency room patient's illness or injury to determine whether an emergency medical condition exists.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the sale and purchase of health insurance policies across state lines. Sets forth requirements for and restrictions on such policies.

Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for establishment and governance of association health plans (AHPs), which are privately-sponsored group health plans that meet certain ERISA certification requirements.

Establishes the Association Health Plan Fund to be used by the Secretary of Labor to make payments to an insurer to maintain coverage for a plan if there is a reasonable expectation that, without such payments, claims would not be satisfied by reason of termination of coverage.

Allows a state to impose a contribution tax on an association health plan that commences operations in such state after the enactment of this Act.

]]> OPTION Act of 2009 Display Title OPTION Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the percentage floor on medical expense deductions, expand the use of tax-preferred health care accounts, and establish a charity care credit, to amend the Social Security Act to create a Medicare voucher program and reform EMTALA requirements, and to amend Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced OPTION Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Offering Patients True Individualized Options Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2009 Introduced in House 2009-10-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr3889ih/xml/BILLS-111hr3889ih.xml 2009-10-22 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.