United States · Bill · S
S. 1159 (108th)
Hispanic Health Improvement Act of 2003
Introduced
23 May 2003
Last action
23 May 2003 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM], Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD], Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA], Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR], Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL]
Subjects
Healthcare, Education
Source updated
18 August 2025
Summary
Hispanic Health Improvement Act of 2003 - Amends the Social Security Act to provide incentives for States to grant title XIX (Medicaid) and title XXI (SCHIP) coverage to parents and pregnant women. Grants automatic enrollment of children in State child health assistance who are born to title XXI parents. Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to permit States and localities to provide certain health care benefits to aliens that current law prohibits States and localities from granting. Amends Title XIX of the Social Security Act (Medicaid) to make children enrolled in SCHIP eligible for the pediatric vaccine distribution program. Latina Adolescent Suicide Prevention Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program for the prevention of Latina adolescent suicides. Patient Navigator, Outreach, and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize: (1) the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration; (2) the Director of the National Cancer Institute; and (3) the Director of the Indian Health Service to make grants for model programs to provide services for cancer and chronic diseases to individuals of health disparity populations. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to make grants to Hispanic-serving health professions schools to carry out programs to recruit Hispanic individuals to enroll in and graduate from the schools. Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the programs of the Office of Minority Health. Directs the heads of certain agencies within the public health service to establish individual offices of minority health. Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services an Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights.
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Timeline
23 May 2003
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
23 May 2003
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7158-7159)
Source: IntroReferral
23 May 2003
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 23 May 2003 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssfi00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Hispanic Health Improvement Act of 2003
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1159
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1159
- us · 108-s-1159 · source updated 18 August 2025