Senate bill · 107th Congress · Public Law 107-251

Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002

S. 1533Introduced Oct 11, 2001Policy area: Health

Became law on Oct 26, 2002.

Sponsor: Sen. Edward Kennedy D-MA

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Where it went

IntroducedOct 11, 2001
Committee actionOct 11, 2001
Passed SenateApr 16, 2002 · by unanimous consent
Passed HouseOct 16, 2002 · 392–5
Resolving differencesOct 17, 2002
To the PresidentOct 23, 2002
Became lawOct 26, 2002

Latest action: Oct 26, 2002 — Became Public Law No: 107-251.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1533.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1533, Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2001” on October 17, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on October 11, 2001</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 17, 2001 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13370
CBO publication date
October 17, 2001
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1533, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1533
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 21, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1533, Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2001” on October 17, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on October 11, 2001”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 17, 2001 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13370
CBO publication date
October 17, 2001
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1533, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1533
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 21, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 107-83 ↗.
Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 21, 2025 ↗
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Report API records
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Congress.gov bill record
S. 1533, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1533
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 21, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

No cosponsors.

More from the sponsor

Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Edward Kennedy.

Sponsor’s state and district

Massachusetts in Congress

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