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97th Congress · 1981–1983
S. 315
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit State medicaid programs to require nominal copayments …
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Latest action: Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Finance. · January 29, 1981 Understand the measure
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Where it stands
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In committee
Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
Recorded January 29, 1981, as the clerk wrote it
Sponsor
Sen. Heflin, Howell [D-AL]
Committee
Finance Committee
Official title
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit State medicaid programs to require nominal copayments for basic services provided to categorically needy individuals.
Recorded votes
None taken
The official record
- Congress.gov bill page
- Article I, Section 7 of the Constitution: how a bill becomes law
- Sponsor, status and actions from the Library of Congress bill record (Congress.gov API), read October 18, 2026 · see sources
Cite this record
- Reference number
bill-97-s315- Permanent link
- https://votefiles.com/cite/bill-97-s315
- Official source
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- Last checked
- Status and actions last read from the official GovInfo BILLSTATUS record
AP style
Vote Files, "S. 315 (97th Congress): A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit State medicaid programs to require nominal copayments for basic services provided to categorically needy individuals," last checked Oct. 18, 2026, citing Congress.gov, https://votefiles.com/cite/bill-97-s315
APA
Vote Files. (2026, October 18). S. 315 (97th Congress): A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit State medicaid programs to require nominal copayments for basic services provided to categorically needy individuals [Bill record]. Retrieved October 19, 2026, from https://votefiles.com/cite/bill-97-s315
Chicago
Vote Files. "S. 315 (97th Congress): A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit State medicaid programs to require nominal copayments for basic services provided to categorically needy individuals." Last modified October 18, 2026. Accessed October 19, 2026. https://votefiles.com/cite/bill-97-s315.
BibTeX
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title = {{S. 315 (97th Congress): A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit State medicaid programs to require nominal copayments for basic services provided to categorically needy individuals}},
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note = {Reference number bill-97-s315; official source: Congress.gov, https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/senate-bill/315; last checked October 18, 2026; accessed October 19, 2026}
}Plain link
https://votefiles.com/cite/bill-97-s315
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On the record
No recorded vote
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