US Congress House Bill 6317 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 81-0)
Status: Introduced on March 23 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires private health insurance plans to provide a 30-day special enrollment period for eligible individuals after a public health emergency is declared. An employee who is eligible but not enrolled may enroll in an employer-provided group health plan during the special enrollment period.The bill also requires such plans to cover services related to the disease or condition resulting in the public health emergency including, if applicable, vaccines, diagnostic testing, and treatment and care for the disease or condition. Such coverage does not require a positive diagnosis of the disease or condition and cost sharing must be comparable to similar services covered outside the circumstance of a public health emergency.

Ensuring Coverage in Public Health Emergencies Act of 2020

Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Gil Cisneros [D-CA]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]
Rep. David Trone [D-MD]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Elizabeth Fletcher [D-TX]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Colin Allred [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Sylvia Garcia [D-TX]	Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell [D-FL]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Donna Shalala [D-FL]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]
Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]
Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]	Rep. Katie Porter [D-CA]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]
Rep. Sharice Davids [D-KS]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]
Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Xochitl Torres Small [D-NM]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. TJ Cox [D-CA]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]	Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Chrissy Houlahan [D-PA]
Rep. Abby Finkenauer [D-IA]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Haley Stevens [D-MI]	Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]
Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2020-03-23	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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.
2020-03-23	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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.
2020-03-23	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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.
2020-03-23	House	Introduced in House

SB3536 (Same As) 2020-03-19 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6317/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6317/BILLS-116hr6317ih.pdf