Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1549) to amend Public Law 111-148 to transfer fiscal year 2013 through fiscal year 2016 funds from the Prevention and Public Health Fund to carry out the temporary high risk health insurance pool program for individuals with preexisting conditions, and to extend access to such program to such individuals who have had creditable coverage during the 6 months prior to application for coverage through such program.

3.0.0 1549 2022-11-15T16:35:12Z 2022-11-15T16:35:12Z House H HR 2013-04-15 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. PITTS:H.R. 1549.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the UnitedStates Constitution.[Page H2026]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2013-04-16T20:36:34Z Reported by 2013-04-19T21:38:49Z Markup by 2013-04-17T15:11:13Z Referred to 2013-04-15T16:01:25Z H. Rept. 113-45 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1549) to amend Public Law 111-148 to transfer fiscal year 2013 through fiscal year 2016 funds from the Prevention and Public Health Fund to carry out the temporary high risk health insurance pool program for individuals with preexisting conditions, and to extend access to such program to such individuals who have had creditable coverage during the 6 months prior to application for coverage through such program. 113 175 HRES 2013-04-24 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. 15:05:38 Procedurally-related House 2013-04-24 15:05:37 Rule H. Res. 175 passed House. Floor H1L220 2 House floor actions 2013-04-23 20:59:49 Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 175 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1549 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. Floor H1L210 2 House floor actions 2013-04-19 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 28. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00028 2013-04-19 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 113-45. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2013-04-19 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 113-45. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2013-04-17 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 20. Committee 2013-04-17 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2013-04-16 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2013-04-15 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2013-04-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-04-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000373 Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16] JOSEPH PITTS R PA R. 16 N B001248 Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] Michael Burgess R TX C. 26 2013-04-15 True W000812 Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2] Ann Wagner R MO 2 2013-04-15 True H001045 Rep. Harper, Gregg [R-MS-3] Gregg Harper R MS 3 2013-04-16 False M001180 Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] David McKinley R WV B. 1 2013-04-16 False B001243 Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7] Marsha Blackburn R TN 7 2013-04-16 False L000567 Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7] Leonard Lance R NJ 7 2013-04-16 False W000413 Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1] EDWARD WHITFIELD R KY 1 2013-04-16 False E000291 Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2] Renee Ellmers R NC L. 2 2013-04-17 False W000791 Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2] GREG WALDEN R OR 2 2013-04-17 False C001075 Rep. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA-6] Bill Cassidy R LA 6 2013-04-17 False J000292 Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6] Bill Johnson R OH 6 2013-04-17 False L000576 Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7] Billy Long R MO 7 2013-04-17 False T000459 Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2] LEE TERRY R NE 2 2013-04-17 False H000067 Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4] RALPH HALL R TX M. 4 2013-04-17 False L000566 Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] Robert Latta R OH E. 5 2013-04-18 False S000250 Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32] PETE SESSIONS R TX 32 2013-04-18 False Health Appropriations Comprehensive health care Government trust funds Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health programs administration and funding Health

00 2013-04-15 Introduced in House 2013-04-22T16:12:34Z Helping Sick Americans Now Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to transfer from the Prevention and Public Health Fund any unobligated funds which are attributable to FY2013 and any funds that would otherwise be made available to the Fund for FY2014-FY2016 to a Department of Health and Human Services account to carry out the temporary high risk health insurance pool program (a program to provide health insurance coverage to eligible individuals with a preexisting condition). Requires such funds to be available for obligation on the date of enactment of this Act and to remain available through December 31, 2013.

Eliminates the eligibility requirement for the temporary high risk pool which prohibits an individual from having creditable coverage (health coverage) for six months before applying for coverage through the pool.

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17 2013-04-19 Reported to House with amendment(s) 2013-05-14T18:17:21Z Helping Sick Americans Now Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to transfer from the Prevention and Public Health Fund any unobligated funds which are attributable to FY2013 and any funds that would otherwise be made available to the Fund for FY2014-FY2016 to a Department of Health and Human Services account to carry out the temporary high risk health insurance pool program (a program to provide health insurance coverage to eligible individuals with a preexisting condition). Requires such funds to be available for obligation on the date of enactment of this Act and to remain available through December 31, 2013.

Requires the Secretary to administer the temporary high risk pool in accordance with current regulations governing the operation of the pool, except as necessary to reflect amendments made by this Act.

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Helping Sick Americans Now Act Display Title Helping Sick Americans Now Act Short Titles as Introduced Helping Sick Americans Now Act Short Titles as Reported to House Helping Sick Americans Now Act H House Official Title as Introduced To amend Public Law 111-148 to transfer fiscal year 2013 through fiscal year 2016 funds from the Prevention and Public Health Fund to carry out the temporary high risk health insurance pool program for individuals with preexisting conditions, and to extend access to such program to such individuals who have had creditable coverage during the 6 months prior to application for coverage through such program. Reported in House 2013-04-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr1549rh/xml/BILLS-113hr1549rh.xml Introduced in House 2013-04-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr1549ih/xml/BILLS-113hr1549ih.xml 2013-04-24 Rule H. Res. 175 passed House. 15:05:37 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.