Rep. Waters Introduces Bill to Fund American Health Benefit Exchanges Navigator Programs

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., has introduced legislation (H.R. 4784) to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act "to provide funding for American Health Benefit Exchanges navigator programs and outreach and promotional activities."

The bill was introduced on Jan. 11 and has 34 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Raul M. Grijalva, D-Ariz., Mark Pocan, D-Wis., Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., Robin Kelly, D-Ill., Jamie Raskin, D-Md., Andre Carson, D-Ind., Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, Danny K. Davis, D-Ill., John Garamendi, D-Calif., Nydia M. Velazquez, D-N.Y., Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., Val Butler Demings, D-Fla., Alcee L. Hastings, D-Fla., Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., Jose E. Serrano, D-N.Y., Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Calif., Frederica S. Wilson, D-Fla., Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y., David Scott, D-Ga., Keith Ellison, D-Minn., Carolyn B. Maloney, D-N.Y., Barbara Lee, D-Calif., Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-N.M., James McGovern, D-Mass., Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., Nanette D. Barragan, D-Calif., Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., Donald M. Payne Jr., D-N.J., Alan Lowenthal, D-Calif., Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C.

The legislation was referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

For more information, contact Rep. Maxine Waters at 2221 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515; 202/225-2201; or in the district office at 10124 S. Broadway, Ste. 1, Los Angeles, CA 90003; 323/757-8900.

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