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H.R.5184
Sponsor: Rep Moore, Dennis(introduced 9/14/2000)
Latest Major Action: 10/19/2000 Referred to House subcommittee
Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives to encourage small business health plans, and for other purposes.
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TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions)
9/14/2000:
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, 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.
9/14/2000:
Referred to House Ways and Means
9/14/2000:
Referred to House Commerce
10/19/2000:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
COMMITTEE(S):
RELATED BILL DETAILS:

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AMENDMENT(S):

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COSPONSORS(15), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Berry, Marion - 9/14/2000 Rep Boyd, Allen - 9/14/2000
Rep Danner, Pat - 9/14/2000 Rep Holden, Tim - 9/14/2000
Rep Lucas, Ken - 9/14/2000 Rep Minge, David - 9/14/2000
Rep Phelps, David D. - 9/14/2000 Rep Sanchez, Loretta - 9/14/2000
Rep Sandlin, Max - 9/14/2000 Rep Sisisky, Norman - 9/14/2000
Rep Stenholm, Charles W. - 9/14/2000 Rep Tanner, John S. - 9/14/2000
Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. - 9/14/2000 Rep Taylor, G. - 9/14/2000
Rep Thompson, Mike - 9/14/2000

SUMMARY AS OF:
9/14/2000--Introduced.

Small Business Health Insurance Expansion Act of 2000 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow for the deduction of 100 percent of the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals; (2) allow, for small employers, a limited credit for the expenses of employee health insurance coverage provided under a new health plan; and (3) provide for non-profit qualified health benefit purchasing coalitions.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a State grant program to demonstrate the effectiveness of innovative ways to increase health insurance access through market reform and other innovations.