Community Health And Medical Professionals Improve Our Nation Act of 2017 or the CHAMPION Act
This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend funding through FY2019 for community health centers and the National Health Service Corps. Health centers that serve medically underserved populations may receive supplemental grant funds to increase access to primary care services.
The bill reduces appropriations for the Prevention and Public Health Fund through FY2025 and continues funding through FY2027.
The bill amends the Public Health Service Act to extend funding through FY2019 for type I diabetes research and the prevention and treatment of diabetes in Native Americans.
The bill increases and extends funding through FY2019 for teaching health centers that sponsor graduate medical residency training programs.
The bill amends the Social Security Act to increase and extend funding through FY2019 for family-to-family health information centers, which assist families of children with disabilities or special health needs.
The bill creates, and makes appropriations for, the Youth Empowerment Program. The program shall fund allotments to states or other entities to implement education exclusively about sexual risk avoidance (voluntarily refraining from sexual activity). Up to 20% of an allotment may be used to build evidence for sexual risk avoidance education.
The bill extends funding for the grant program for personal responsibility education through FY2019.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-11-06 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate |
| 2017-11-03 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2017-11-03 | Vote | On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 242 - 174 (Roll no. 606). (text: CR H8449-8456) | House floor actions |
| 2017-11-03 | Vote | On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 187 - 231 (Roll no. 605). | House floor actions |
| 2017-11-03 | Floor | The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2017-11-03 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Clyburn motion to recommit with instructions pending reservation of a point of order. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and insert a complete new text entitled "Continuing Community Health and Medical Professional Programs to Improve Our Nation and Keep Insurance Delivery Stable Act of 2017". Subsequently, the reservation was removed. | House floor actions |
| 2017-11-03 | Floor | Mr. Clyburn moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. (text: CR H8466-8472) | House floor actions |
| 2017-11-03 | Floor | The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. | House floor actions |
| 2017-11-03 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 3922. | House floor actions |
| 2017-11-03 | Floor | Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3922 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. | House floor actions |
| 2017-11-03 | Floor | Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 601. (consideration: CR H8449-8475) | House floor actions |
| 2017-11-02 | Floor | Rule H. Res. 601 passed House. | House floor actions |
| 2017-11-01 | Floor | Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 601 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3922 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. | House floor actions |
| 2017-10-19 | Calendars | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 262. | House floor actions |
| 2017-10-19 | Discharge | Committee on Ways and Means discharged. | House floor actions |
| 2017-10-19 | Committee | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-359, Part I. | House floor actions |
| 2017-10-04 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 23. | House committee actions |
| 2017-10-04 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2017-10-03 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. | House floor actions |
| 2017-10-03 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. | House floor actions |
| 2017-10-03 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |