US Congress House Bill 1870 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on March 26 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-26 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Modifies the requirement for determining the affordability of employer-sponsored minimum essential health care coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). (Under current law, the coverage is unaffordable, and an employee may be eligible for premium assistance tax credits, if the employee's required contribution for an individual plan exceeds 9.5% of household income.) The bill specifies that, with respect to an employee's family members who are eligible to enroll in the plan, affordability must be determined using the cost of family coverage rather than individual coverage to expand the eligibility of families for premium assistance tax credits.

Family Health Care Affordability Act of 2019

Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]

Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]

Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]

Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-26	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2019-03-26	House	Introduced in House

HB1884 (Related) 2019-03-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HB1425 (Related) 2020-09-08 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 523.
SB4521 (Related) 2020-08-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1870/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1870/BILLS-116hr1870ih.pdf