US Congress Senate Concurrent Resolution 25 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-6-2)
Status: Introduced on June 9 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-06-09 - Referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6388)
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expresses the sense of the Sentate that: (1) all individuals should have the choice of a community health center as their health care home; (2) every health center should be appropriately reimbursed for the high-value preventive and primary care they provide; (3) health care reform should include measures to expand community health centers; (4) the current payment mechanisms for federally qualified health centers through Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP, formerly known as SCHIP) are essential to ensuring access to affordable and high-quality preventive and primary care services for program beneficiaries; (5) any expansion of private insurance must include mechanisms to ensure the full participation of, and appropriate reimbursement to, federally qualified health centers and other safety net providers; and (6) ensuring access to all safety net providers is vital to ensuring that health care reform is successful in expanding access, improving quality, and reducing cost.

A concurrent resolution recognizing the value and benefits that community health centers provide as health care homes for over 18,000,000 individuals, and the importance of enabling health centers and other safety net providers to continue to offer accessible, affordable, and continuous care to their current patients and to every American who lacks access to preventive and primary care services.

Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]	Sen. Christopher Bond [R-MO]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Roland Burris [D-IL]	Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Kent Conrad [D-ND]
Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Daniel Inouye [D-HI]	Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]	Sen. John Kerry [D-MA]	Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I-CT]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Benjamin Nelson [D-NE]	Sen. James Risch [R-ID]
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]
Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-06-09		Referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6388)

HCR144 (Related) 2009-06-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-concurrent-resolution/25/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/sconres25/BILLS-111sconres25is.pdf