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H.R.4925
Sponsor: Rep Cooksey, John(introduced 7/24/2000)
Latest Major Action: 8/10/2000 Referred to House subcommittee
Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow more equitable and direct tax relief for health insurance and medical care expenses, to give Americans more options for obtaining quality health care, and to expand insurance coverage to the uninsured.
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TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions)
7/24/2000:
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
8/10/2000:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
COMMITTEE(S):
RELATED BILL DETAILS:

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AMENDMENT(S):

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COSPONSORS(21), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Armey, Richard K. - 7/24/2000 Rep Bryant, Ed - 7/24/2000
Rep Cannon, Chris - 7/24/2000 Rep Cubin, Barbara - 7/24/2000
Rep Doolittle, John T. - 7/24/2000 Rep Ehrlich, Robert L., Jr. - 7/24/2000
Rep Emerson, Jo Ann - 9/7/2000 Rep English, Phil - 7/24/2000
Rep Fletcher, Ernest L. - 7/24/2000 Rep Fowler, Tillie - 7/24/2000
Rep Goode, Virgil H., Jr. - 7/24/2000 Rep Granger, Kay - 7/24/2000
Rep Jenkins, William L. - 7/24/2000 Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. - 7/24/2000
Rep Kelly, Sue W. - 7/24/2000 Rep Linder, John - 7/24/2000
Rep Myrick, Sue - 7/24/2000 Rep Sessions, Pete - 7/24/2000
Rep Shadegg, John B. - 7/24/2000 Rep Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) - 7/24/2000
Rep Traficant, James A., Jr. - 7/24/2000

SUMMARY AS OF:
7/24/2000--Introduced.

Patient Access, Choice, and Equity Act of 2000 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to, among other things: (1) establish a credit for the health insurance costs of an individual and his or her family; (2) provide for qualified health insurance credit amount payments by the Secretary of the Treasury to an employer or health insurance issuer for an employee or individual covered by qualified health insurance; (3) establish, in the case of an employer, a former health insurance exclusion credit.