US Congress House Bill 1578 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: Introduced on April 16 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-04-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to: (1) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to resume taking applications for participation in the temporary high-risk insurance program under such Act and to provide additional funding for such purpose, and (2) eliminate the six-month waiting period for program applicants previously covered under creditable health care coverage. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the rate of the excise tax on small cigarettes to $52.33 per thousand for the period between 2014 and 2024.

To amend section 1101 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide additional funds to permit additional individuals to enroll under the preexisting condition insurance program and expand eligibility, to be funded through a temporary increase in the cigarette tax, and for other purposes.

Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-04-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-04-16	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2013-04-16	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2013-04-16	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

SB194 (Related) 2013-02-04 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S466)
SB826 (Related) 2013-04-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1578/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr1578/BILLS-113hr1578ih.pdf