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House Roll Call 328, 96th Congress · July 19, 1979

TO AMEND H.R. 3917, HEALTH PLANNING, BY PROVIDING THAT ALL HEALTH SYSTEMS AGENCIES BE PUBLIC AGENCIES, REQUIRING THAT 25% OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODIES OF THE HEALTH SYSTEMS AGENCIES BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE AND 30% BY THE CHIEF GOVERNING AUTHORITY WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA, AND PROVIDING THAT THE GOVERNING BODIES BE COMPOSED OF AT LEAST 10 BUT NOT MORE THAN 30 MEMBERS. (MOTION FAILED)

135 yea · 274 nay22 not voting or present
Democrat28 yea · 223 nay
Republican108 yea · 50 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3917 ↗

Health Planning and Resources Development Amendments of 1979

Policy area: Health — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • Health CareDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Governance structure of health planning boards does not directly expand or restrict health coverage.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Health

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (137)

Nay (275)

Not voting or present (22)

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