Healthy Americans Act

Bill: 110-hr-3163
Sponsor: Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3]
Introduced: 2007-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Child health
Chronically ill
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug approvals
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Employee health benefits
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to child health services
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Fringe benefits
Government Operations and Politics
Government employees' health insurance
Government trust funds
Health information systems
Health insurance
Hospital care
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Law
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medical research
Medically uninsured
Poor children
Quality of care
School health programs
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Tax refunds
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: 
Healthy Americans Act - Requires each adult individual to have the opportunity to purchase a Healthy Americans Private Insurance Plan (HAPI). Makes individuals who are not enrolled in another specified health plan and who are not opposed to coverage for religious reasons responsible for enrolling themselves and their dependent children in a HAPI plan offered through their state of residence. Sets forth penalties for failure to enroll. 
 
Establishes standardized coverage and state options for HAPI plans. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate guidelines concerning the benefits, items, and services to be covered. Sets forth requirements for setting premiums. Requires the Secretary to establish the Healthy America Advisory Committee to provide annual recommendations concerning modifications to the benefits, items, and services required. 
 
Requires the Secretary to establish Chronic Care Education Centers.
 
Requires states to establish or designate a state Health Help Agency to carry out the administration of HAPI plans and to promote prevention and wellness for residents.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require employers and individuals to each make shared responsibility payments for HAPI plan premiums.
 
Sets forth requirements for health insurance issuers offering a HAPI plan.
 
Establishes the Healthy Americans Public Health Trust Fund for the payment of premium subsidies.
 
Terminates federal health benefits coverage, including coverage provided under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program and the State Children's Health Insurance program (SCHIP).
 
Enhanced Health Care Value for All Act of 2007 - Provides for a Comparative Effectiveness Advisory Board and a Health Care Comparative Effectiveness Research Trust Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Introduced in House