Summary of Amendments Submitted to the Rules Committee for H.R. 1549 - Helping Sick Americans Now Act

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Listed in Alphabetical Order

Apr 23, 2013 3:45PM

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Broun (GA)

#7

LATE Shifts $1 billion of the funds provided to the PCIP in the bill to fund additional concurrent Section 1915(b) and Section 1915(c) waivers under Medicaid.

Brownley, Julia (CA)

#6

Requires that within 90 days of enactment of H.R. 1549, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall prepare a report to Congress detailing the exact amount of money to be transferred out of the Prevention and Public Health Fund, and how that transfer will impact the access of uninsured and underinsured children, adolescents, and adults to immunization programs, Alzheimer’s disease education and prevention programs, and the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative and maternal care programs.

Capps (CA)

#4

SUBSTITUTE Removes the public health and prevention trust fund as a pay-for and instead pays for the bill by ending the section 199 domestic manufacturing deduction for oil and gas production.

Green, Gene (TX)

#5

SUBSTITUTE Makes the same changes to the PCIP program that the underlying bill does, but is paid for by requiring a minimum term and a remainder interest greater than zero for new Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts (GRATs)

Horsford, Steven (NV)

#10

LATE Requires the HHS Secretary wto transfer all of the monies in the Fund for the next four fiscal years to the PCIP program except those monies from the fund that are used for reducing health disparities among minority populations.

Pallone (NJ)

#1

SUBSTITUTE Makes the same changes to the PCIP program that the underlying bill does, but is paid for through a 4 cent per pack increase in the tax on cigarettes.

Pallone (NJ)

#2

SUBSTITUTE Makes the same changes to the PCIP program that the underlying bill does, but is paid for by continuing the solvency of the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund by increasing the per-barrel amount that oil companies are required to pay into the fund by four cents.

Pitts (PA), Upton (MI)

#9

LATE Terminates the prevention fund after FY 2016 and authorizes a state-based high-risk pool program.

Ross (FL)

#8

LATE Closes out Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Inst. (PCORI) Trust Fund from FY2014 and beyond. Transfers remaining FY2013 funds already collected for PCORI to the High Risk Insurance program referred to in HR 1549. Nullifies any PCORI related taxes on Health Reimbursement, Health Savings, and Flexible Spending accounts.

Schakowsky (IL)

#3

SUBSTITUTE Extends funding for reopening enrollment under the Preexisting Condition Insurance Program (PCIP) through the modification of class life for corporate jets.