HR 5157 · 108th Congress · Health

High Risk Pool Flexibility Act of 2004

Introduced 2004-09-28· Sponsored by Rep. Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [R-WA-5]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
House Vote
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Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.(2004-10-08)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] High Risk Pool Flexibility Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the definition of "qualified high risk pool" for grant purposes to allow a State to meet the requirement to provide all eligible individuals with health insurance coverage by utilizing an acceptable alternative mechanism that includes a high risk pool as a component and: (1) that provides for risk adjustment, risk spreading, or a risk spreading mechanism (among issuers or policies of an issuer) or for some financial subsidization for eligible individuals, including through assistance to participating issuers; or (2) under which each eligible individual is provided a choice of all individual health insurance coverage otherwise available.…

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Cosponsors (1)

1 Republican