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S.RES.260
Sponsor: Sen Bond, Christopher S.(introduced 2/24/2000)
Latest Major Action: 2/24/2000 Referred to Senate committee
Title: A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that the Federal investment in programs that provide health care services to uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas be increased in order to double access to care over the next 5 years.
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STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions)
2/24/2000:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S824)
COMMITTEE(S):
RELATED BILL DETAILS:

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AMENDMENT(S):

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COSPONSORS(19), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Sen Breaux, John B. - 2/24/2000 Sen Cleland, Max - 4/6/2000
Sen Cochran, Thad - 2/24/2000 Sen Daschle, Thomas A. - 2/24/2000
Sen DeWine, Michael - 2/24/2000 Sen Dodd, Christopher J. - 6/6/2000
Sen Durbin, Richard J. - 3/1/2000 Sen Edwards, John - 6/6/2000
Sen Feinstein, Dianne - 3/20/2000 Sen Hatch, Orrin G. - 2/24/2000
Sen Hollings, Ernest F. - 2/24/2000 Sen Hutchinson, Tim - 2/24/2000
Sen Inouye, Daniel K. - 2/24/2000 Sen Johnson, Tim - 6/6/2000
Sen Kennedy, Edward M. - 2/24/2000 Sen Lincoln, Blanche - 2/24/2000
Sen Lugar, Richard G. - 4/6/2000 Sen Murray, Patty - 2/24/2000
Sen Wellstone, Paul D. - 6/6/2000

SUMMARY AS OF:
2/24/2000--Introduced.

Resolution to Expand Access to Community Health Centers (REACH) Initiative - Expresses the sense of the Senate that appropriations for consolidated health centers under the Public Health Service Act should be increased by 100 percent over the next five fiscal years in order to double the number of individuals who receive health care services at community, migrant, homeless, and public housing health centers.