UPDATE: S.489 – A bill to establish a State public option through Medicaid to provide Americans with the choice of a high-quality, low-cost health insurance plan.

LATEST ACTION: February 14, 2019 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

BILL TITLE: A bill to establish a State public option through Medicaid to provide Americans with the choice of a high-quality, low-cost health insurance plan.

[NOTE: The contents of this legislative update are current as of 06:00 AM on February 15, 2019.]

BILL NUMBER: 116th Congress: Senate Bill 489 (S.489)

CHAMBER OF ORIGIN: U.S. Senate

CURRENT CHAMBER: U.S. Senate

For DETAILED LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION on S.489, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/489

BILL TEXT: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/489/text

ACTIONS-TO-DATE (ordered by most recent first):

02/14/2019 -- Senate -- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

02/14/2019 -- Senate -- Introduced in Senate.

SPONSOR(S)*:

-- Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]

CO-SPONSOR(S)*:

[*Note: Sponsors and co-sponsors are current as of February 14, 2019. For the most up-to-date version of the sponsor and co-sponsor lists, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/489/cosponsors ]

-- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]

-- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]

-- Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]

-- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]

-- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]

-- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]

-- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]

-- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]

-- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]

-- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]

-- Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]

-- Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]

-- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]

-- Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]

-- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]

-- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]

-- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]

-- Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]

-- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]

-- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]

-- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]

-- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]

COMMITTEES: Senate Finance Committee.