S 406 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2005

Introduced Feb 16, 2005 Originated Senate Sponsor Olympia J. Snowe R-ME

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 9, 2006 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4173)

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedFeb 16, 2005
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2005 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for establishment and governance of association health plans (AHPs), which are group health plans whose sponsors are trade, industry, professional, chamber of commerce, or similar business associations, and which meet certain ERISA certification requirements. (Thus, through ERISA preemption of State laws, certified AHPs are exempted from State regulation of health insurance providers, including State consumer protection laws and State requirements for health care benefits to be offered by such entities, with certain exceptions.)

Cosponsors 15

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 16, 2005 to Nov 2, 2005, with 9 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-MOChristopher S. BondOriginalFeb 16, 2005
R-LADavid VitterOriginalFeb 16, 2005
R-NCElizabeth DoleOriginalFeb 16, 2005
R-MOJim TalentOriginalFeb 16, 2005
R-AZJohn McCainOriginalFeb 16, 2005
R-TXKay Bailey HutchisonOriginalFeb 16, 2005
R-FLMel MartinezOriginalFeb 16, 2005
R-MNNorm ColemanOriginalFeb 16, 2005
D-WVRobert C. ByrdOriginalFeb 16, 2005
R-GAJohnny IsaksonFeb 17, 2005
R-PAArlen SpecterMar 3, 2005
R-SDJohn ThuneMar 14, 2005
R-KSSam BrownbackSep 7, 2005
R-NEChuck HagelOct 18, 2005
R-PARick SantorumNov 2, 2005

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 9, 2006Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4173)
  2. Apr 21, 2005Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-120.
  3. Feb 16, 2005Introduced in Senate
  4. Feb 16, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1542-1549)
  5. Feb 16, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1541-1542)

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 525Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2005Related billJul 27, 2005

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 16, 2005Introduced in Senate

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