US Congress Senate Bill 2001 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-1)
Status: Introduced on October 24 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-10-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

State Public Option Act This bill allows residents not already eligible for Medicaid who are not concurrently enrolled in other health insurance coverage to buy into a state Medicaid plan beginning January 1, 2018. The bill makes such buy-in coverage eligible for premium subsidies and reduced cost sharing under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality shall develop standardized, state-level metrics of access to, and satisfaction with, providers for individuals enrolled in state Medicaid plans. Primary care services furnished under Medicaid by certain providers must be paid at a rate that is not less than the rate under Medicare part B. Beginning in FY2019, the Department of Health and Human Services may award grants to states for the purpose of improving access to services for individuals enrolled in state Medicaid plans. The bill provides the enhanced federal medical assistance percentage to every state that expands Medicaid coverage for individuals who are newly eligible under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, regardless of when such expansion takes place.

State Public Option Act

Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]
Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]
Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-10-24	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB4129 (Same As) 2017-10-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/2001/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s2001/BILLS-115s2001is.pdf