3.0.0 703 2023-01-11T13:19:41Z 2023-01-11T13:19:41Z Senate S S 2009-03-25 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-03-25T20:04:18Z American Health Security Act of 2009 111 1200 HR 2009-02-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2009-03-25 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2009-03-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT N Health Advisory bodies Child health Comprehensive health care Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Department of Health and Human Services Education programs funding Employee benefits and pensions Employment taxes Executive agency funding and structure Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Government trust funds Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Intergovernmental relations Medicaid Medical education Medical research Medicare National Institutes of Health (NIH) Performance measurement Research administration and funding State and local finance State and local government operations Health 00 2009-03-25 Introduced in Senate 2009-04-16T15:02:25Z American Health Security Act of 2009 - Establishes the State-Based American Health Security Program to provide every U.S. resident who is a U.S. citizen, national, or lawful resident alien with health care services. Requires each participating state to establish a state health security program.

Eliminates benefits under: (1) titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act; (2) the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program; and (3) the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS).

Requires each state health security program to prohibit the sale of health insurance in that state that duplicates benefits provided under the program.

Establishes the American Health Security Standards Board to: (1) develop policies, procedures, guidelines and requirements to carry out this Act; (2) establish uniform reporting requirements; (3) provide for an American Health Security Advisory Council and an Advisory Committee on Health Professional Education; and (4) establish a national health security budget specifying the total federal and state expenditures to be made for covered health care services.

Establishes the American Health Security Quality Council to: (1) review and evaluate practice guidelines, standards of quality, performance measures, and medical review criteria; and (2) develop minimum competence criteria.

Establishes the Office of Primary Care and Prevention Research within the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to create the American Health Security Trust Fund and appropriates to the Fund specified tax liabilities and current health program receipts.]]>

American Health Security Act of 2009 Display Title American Health Security Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for health care for every American and to control the cost and enhance the quality of the health care system. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced American Health Security Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-03-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s703is/xml/BILLS-111s703is.xml 2009-03-25 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.