US Congress House Bill 1354 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 41-3)
Status: Introduced on February 25 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Alters provisions under Medicaid, Medicare, and Medicare Advantage relating to U.S. territories, and generally modifies and establishes programs to expand health insurance coverage for residents. Among other things, the bill eliminates Medicaid funding limitations for U.S. territories beginning in FY2020; repeals provisions that exclude residents of Puerto Rico from a certain automatic enrollment process for Medicare medical services; establishes minimum criteria for certain elements used in Medicare Advantage payment calculations for areas within U.S. territories; and allows residents of U.S. territories who are unable to obtain health insurance through their employer or a health insurance exchange to instead obtain coverage through the District of Columbia exchange, including coverage that is available to Members of Congress and their staff.

Territories Health Equity Act of 2019

Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]	Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon [R-PR]	Rep. Amata Radewagen [R-AS]	Rep. Michael San Nicolas [D-GU]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]
Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]	Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-02-25	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-02-25	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-02-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-02-25	House	Introduced in House

SB1773 (Related) 2019-06-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB3634 (Related) 2019-07-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HB6495 (Related) 2020-04-14 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1354/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1354/BILLS-116hr1354ih.pdf