3.0.0 79 2019-11-15T21:54:57Z 2019-11-15T21:54:57Z Senate S S 2009-01-06 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-01-06T20:00:14Z 2009-01-06 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2009-01-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S84) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-01-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES N Health Department of Health and Human Services Executive agency funding and structure Government trust funds Health care costs and insurance Health 00 2009-01-06 Introduced in Senate 2009-01-16T22:53:43Z Healthy Businesses, Healthy Workers Reinsurance Act of 2009 - Amends the Social Security Act to add a new title XXII (Federal Reinsurance Program for Catastrophic Health Care Costs).

Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services an Office of Federal Reinsurance, which shall in turn establish a Federal Reinsurance Program for Catastrophic Health Care Costs to make reinsurance payments to eligible health plans experiencing catastrophic health care costs during a year with respect to a covered individual.

Establishes in the Treasury the Federal Reinsurance for Catastrophic Health Care Costs Trust Fund.

]]> Healthy Businesses, Healthy Workers Reinsurance Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Healthy Businesses, Healthy Workers Reinsurance Act of 2009 Display Title Healthy Businesses, Healthy Workers Reinsurance Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Social Security Act to establish a Federal Reinsurance Program for Catastrophic Health Care Costs. Introduced in Senate 2009-01-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s79is/xml/BILLS-111s79is.xml 2009-01-06 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.