US SB211 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 44-16-2)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-01-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Calling for 2-1-1 Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award a grant to each state to carry out a program for making available throughout that state the 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services. Requires a participating state to ensure that at least 50% of the resources of the program funded by the grant will be derived from other sources. Requires a state seeking a grant to carry out its activities through a lead entity to be known as a 2-1-1 Collaborative. Requires grant amounts to be used solely to make available to a state 2-1-1 telephone service for community information and referral on human services to all citizens of that state with phone access, including telephone connections between families and individuals seeking services and the service providers. Requires grant recipients to: (1) abide by the Key Standards for 2-1-1 Centers; and (2) collaborate with human service organizations to provide an exhaustive database of services with which to provide information or referral to individuals utilizing the 2-1-1 service.

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Title

Calling for 2-1-1 Act of 2009

Sponsors

Sen. Daniel Akaka [D-HI]Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN]Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]
Sen. Robert Bennett [R-UT]Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D-NM]Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]
Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R-GA]Sen. Hillary Clinton [D-NY]Sen. Thad Cochran [R-MS]
Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]Sen. Kent Conrad [D-ND]Sen. Christopher Dodd [D-CT]Sen. Byron Dorgan [D-ND]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]Sen. Kay Hagan [D-NC]Sen. Tom Harkin [D-IA]
Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]Sen. Daniel Inouye [D-HI]Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA]Sen. Mike Johanns [R-NE]
Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]Sen. Edward Kennedy [D-MA]Sen. John Kerry [D-MA]Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]
Sen. Mary Landrieu [D-LA]Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]Sen. Carl Levin [D-MI]Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I-CT]
Sen. Blanche Lincoln [D-AR]Sen. Richard Lugar [R-IN]Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]
Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]
Sen. Benjamin Nelson [D-NE]Sen. Mark Pryor [D-AR]Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]Sen. Olympia Snowe [R-ME]Sen. Arlen Specter [D-PA]
Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]Sen. Mark Udall [D-CO]Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

History

DateChamberAction
2009-01-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Same As/Similar To

HB211 (Related) 2010-09-15 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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