US Congress House Bill 3727 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: Introduced on October 8 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-10-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Health Insurance Rate Review Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to declare that federal requirements that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) review unreasonable premium increases in health care coverage do not prohibit a state from imposing additional rate requirements on health insurance issuers that are more protective of consumers. The review is expanded to include all rate increases, not only premium increases. HHS or the relevant state insurance commissioner or state regulator must ensure that any excessive, unjustified, or unfairly discriminatory rates are corrected before, or as soon as possible after, implementation, including through mechanisms such as denying rates, modifying rates, or requiring rebates to consumers. HHS may apply civil monetary penalties to health insurance issuers that fail to comply with a corrective action taken by HHS and may make the plan involved ineligible for classification as a qualified health plan. HHS must determine whether HHS or the state insurance commissioner or regulator will undertake such corrective actions based on whether the state can adequately undertake the actions.

Health Insurance Rate Review Act

Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-10-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-10-08	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2015-10-08	House	Introduced in House

SB2172 (Related) 2015-10-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7275)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3727/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3727/BILLS-114hr3727ih.pdf