[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5471 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5471

   To extend Federal funding for operation of State high risk health 
                            insurance pools.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 26, 2002

  Mr. Towns (for himself, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. 
 Lipinski, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Shows, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. 
    Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Bishop, Ms. Carson of Indiana, Mr. 
    Sandlin, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Lucas of Kentucky) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To extend Federal funding for operation of State high risk health 
                            insurance pools.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``State High Risk Pool Funding 
Extension Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR OPERATION OF STATE HIGH RISK HEALTH 
              INSURANCE POOLS.

    Section 2745(c)(2) of the Public Health Service Act, as inserted by 
section 201 of the Trade Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-210), is amended 
by striking ``$40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2003 and 2004'' and 
inserting ``$40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2009''.
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