US HB6712 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on May 5 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-05-05 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Pending: House Education and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on May 5 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-05-05 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Pending: House Education and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Permits entities such as self-employed companies and membership organizations to form healthshare pools to offer large group health insurance plans as a single employer. (In general, large group health plans cover employees of an employer that has 51 or more employees; in some states, large groups are defined as 101 employees or more.) Subject to specified nondiscrimination rules related to preexisting conditions and health status, healthshare pools must offer plans to all members or employees of the pool on an equal basis.Healthshare pools are not considered joint employers for the purpose of other federal labor or employment laws.
Title
American Healthshare Plans Act of 2020
Sponsors
Rep. John Curtis [R-UT] | Rep. Jody Arrington [R-TX] | Rep. Jody Hice [R-GA] | Rep. Jim Banks [R-IN] |
Rep. Russ Fulcher [R-ID] | Rep. Alexander Mooney [R-WV] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2020-05-05 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. |
2020-05-05 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB3610 (Same As) 2020-05-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6712/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6712/BILLS-116hr6712ih.pdf |