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US HR4701

US HR4701
HEAL for Immigrant Women and Families Act of 2019 Health Equity and Access under the Law for Immigrant Women and Families Act of 2019


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Introduced
10/16/2019
In Committee
10/17/2019
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

A BILL To expand access to health care services, including sexual, reproductive, and maternal health services, for immigrants by removing legal and policy barriers to health insurance coverage, and for other purposes. 1

AI Summary

This bill, the Health Equity and Access under the Law for Immigrant Women and Families Act of 2019 (HEAL for Immigrant Women and Families Act of 2019), aims to expand access to health care services, including sexual, reproductive, and maternal health services, for immigrants by removing legal and policy barriers to health insurance coverage. It amends the Social Security Act to make lawfully present individuals, including those granted deferred action or other federally authorized presence, eligible for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The bill also ensures that individuals with federally authorized presence are considered lawfully present for purposes of eligibility for health insurance coverage and subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, and removes citizenship and immigration status barriers to accessing affordable health care under the Affordable Care Act.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry, Health and Social Services

Sponsors (77)

Pramila Jayapal (D)* Alma Adams (D),  Pete Aguilar (D),  Nanette Barragán (D),  Don Beyer (D),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Suzanne Bonamici (D),  Tony Cárdenas (D),  Joaquin Castro (D),  Judy Chu (D),  David Cicilline (D),  Katherine Clark (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Gerry Connolly (D),  TJ Cox (D),  Danny Davis (D),  Mark DeSaulnier (D),  Theodore Deutch (D),  Eliot Engel (D),  Veronica Escobar (D),  Adriano Espaillat (D),  Lois Frankel (D),  Ruben Gallego (D),  Sylvia Garcia (D),  Chuy García (D),  Jimmy Gomez (D),  Al Green (D),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Debra Haaland (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Jahana Hayes (D),  Hakeem Jeffries (D),  Eddie Johnson (D),  Hank Johnson (D),  Bill Keating (D),  Joseph Kennedy (D),  Ro Khanna (D),  Brenda Lawrence (D),  Barbara Lee (D),  Andy Levin (D),  Ted Lieu (D),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Carolyn Maloney (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Gregory Meeks (D),  Grace Meng (D),  Gwen Moore (D),  Jerry Nadler (D),  Grace Napolitano (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D),  Ilhan Omar (D),  Jimmy Panetta (D),  Donald Payne (D),  Ed Perlmutter (D),  Chellie Pingree (D),  Mark Pocan (D),  Ayanna Pressley (D),  Lucille Roybal-Allard (D),  Bobby Rush (D),  Linda Sánchez (D),  Mary Gay Scanlon (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  José Serrano (D),  Darren Soto (D),  Mark Takano (D),  Rashida Tlaib (D),  Norma Torres (D),  David Trone (D),  Juan Vargas (D),  Marc Veasey (D),  Filemón Vela (D),  Nydia Velázquez (D),  Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),  Peter Welch (D),  Frederica Wilson (D), 

Last Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (on 10/17/2019)

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