HR 1549 · 113th Congress · Health

Helping Sick Americans Now Act

Introduced 2013-04-15· Sponsored by Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
3
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Rule H. Res. 175 passed House.(2013-04-24)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 1549, Helping Sick Americans Now Act

Apr 19, 2013

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on April 17, 2013

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Cosponsors (16)

16 Republicans