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H.R. 4356 (108th)

Small Business Health Insurance Promotion Act of 2004

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Introduced

12 May 2004

Last action

25 June 2004 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

Sponsors

Rep. Sandlin, Max [D-TX-1], Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-19], Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16], Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-9], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6], Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24], Steny Hoyer, Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1], Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7], Rep. Gephardt, Richard A. [D-MO-3], Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4], Rep. Matsui, Robert T. [D-CA-3], Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17], Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22], Rep. Hoeffel, Joseph M. [D-PA-13], Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11], Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-7], Raúl Grijalva, C. Ruppersberger, Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-11], LOUISE SLAUGHTER, GENE GREEN, Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8], JOSEPH CROWLEY, Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37], Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9], Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large], Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2], LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [D-TX-23], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], JOHN CONYERS, Rosa DeLauro, Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-13], JOSE SERRANO, Barbara Lee, Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17], Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6], Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3], Betty McCollum, Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-11], LUIS GUTIERREZ, Maxine Waters

Subjects

Healthcare, Taxation

Source updated

23 March 2026

Healthcare · Taxation

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Summary

Small Business Health Insurance Promotion Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain small employers (not more than 50 employees) a business tax credit equal to 50 percent of amounts paid by such employers for the health care coverage of their employees under a qualified health pooling arrangement. Limits the period during which the tax credit may be taken to four years from the date the employer begins participating in a qualified health pooling arrangement. Defines "qualified health pooling arrangement" as a national or state arrangement that provides health benefits coverage substantially similar to that of the four largest health benefit plans offered to Federal employees. Directs the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Labor to provide for the offering and oversight of qualified State and national health pooling arrangements and to conduct a study, through the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, of the operation of such arrangements.

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Timeline

  1. 12 May 2004

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, 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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 12 May 2004

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, 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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 12 May 2004

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 12 May 2004

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 14 May 2004

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E843)

    Source: IntroReferral

  6. 21 May 2004

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

    Source: Committee

  7. 25 June 2004

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

    Source: Committee

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