S 288 · 109th Congress · Health
State High Risk Pool Funding Extension Act of 2005
Bill Progress
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Introduced2
Committee3
Senate Vote4
House5
EnactedLatest: By Senator Enzi from Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions filed written report. Report No. 109-121.(2005-07-29)
Plain Language Summary
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State High Risk Pool Funding Extension Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize funds for States to create high risk health insurance pools and to operate existing State high risk pools. Amends the formula for appropriating funds to States to operate such pools to give one-half of the funds to eligible States equally and apportion the other half based on the number of uninsured individuals in each State and the number of enrollees in the State's qualified high risk pool. (Currently, all funds are allotted based solely on the number of uninsured individuals in the State.) Authorizes appropriations for the program through FY 2009.…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeS. 288, State High Risk Pool Funding Extension Act of 2005
Feb 16, 2005<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on Febrary 10, 2005.</p>
Full CBO report ↗S. 288, State High Risk Pool Funding Extension Act of 2005
Feb 16, 2005Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on Febrary 10, 2005.
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office
Cosponsors (11)
3 Democrats8 Republicans