ACA OUTREACH Act
- Last Action
- 4/15/2019
Actions
- 2019-04-15Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2019-04-12Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- 2019-04-12Introduced in House
- 2019-04-12Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-04-12 (00)
Affordable Care Act Outreach for the Uninsured, Transformative Recruitment, and Enrollment Action for Compassionate Healthcare Act of 2019 or the ACA OUTREACH Act
This bill provides funds through FY2022 for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support (1) navigator programs, which conduct public education activities about qualified health plans and facilitate enrollment; and (2) outreach and promotional activities for health insurance exchanges. HHS also must award grants to states with state-run health insurance exchanges to conduct such outreach and promotional activities among diverse constituencies, including minority, rural, and underserved communities; people with disabilities; young adults; and individuals who are likely to be uninsured.
Cosponsors (20)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Terri Sewell (D-AL)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
- Val Demings (D-FL)
- Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
- Frederica Wilson (D-FL)
- Ro Khanna (D-CA)
- Donald Payne (D-NJ)
- Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
- DANNY DAVIS (D-IL)
- TJ Cox (D-CA)
- Elaine Luria (D-VA)
- CAROLYN MALONEY (D-NY)
- John Garamendi (D-CA)
- BENNIE THOMPSON (D-MS)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- C. A. Ruppersberger (D-MD)
Subjects
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Disability and paralysis
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Minority health
- Rural conditions and development
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
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