Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2008
Latest action · Sep 25, 2008 Received in the Senate.
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.
- IntroducedSep 16, 2008
- Passed HouseSep 23, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2008 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to exclude a group health plan from prohibitions against limitations or restrictions on the amount, level, extent, or nature of the benefits of coverage for similarly situated individuals enrolled in the plan so long as: (1) such limitations and restrictions are explicit and clear; (2) such limitations and restrictions have been disclosed to the plan sponsor in writing in advance of the point of sale; (3) the plan sponsor provides a description of such limitations and restrictions to participants and beneficiaries in a form that is easily understandable before enrollment; and (4) the plan sponsor and the issuer of the coverage provide such description to the participants and beneficiaries upon their enrollment under the plan at the earliest opportunity that other materials are provided.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 16, 2008.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Bart Stupak | Original | Sep 16, 2008 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Sep 16, 2008Markup Sep 17, 2008Reported Sep 23, 2008 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Sep 16, 2008Discharged Sep 23, 2008 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Sep 16, 2008Discharged Sep 23, 2008 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 25, 2008Received in the Senate.
- Sep 23, 2008Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 110-870, Part I.
- Sep 23, 2008Committee on Education and Labor discharged.
- Sep 23, 2008Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
- Sep 23, 2008Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 566.
- Sep 23, 2008Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 23, 2008Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8666-8668)
- Sep 23, 2008DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6908.
- Sep 23, 2008Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8666-8667)
- Sep 23, 2008Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 17, 2008Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 17, 2008Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Sep 16, 2008Introduced in House
- Sep 16, 2008Referred 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H8666–H8668Text printed H8666 | Bart Stupak D-MI, Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, John D. Dingell D-MI, Michael C. Burgess R-TX | Sep 23, 2008 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Sep 22, 2008H.R. 6908, Health Insurance Source of Injury Clarification Act of 2008<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 17, 2008</p>
- Sep 22, 2008H.R. 6908, Health Insurance Source of Injury Clarification Act of 2008Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 17, 2008
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require that limitations and restrictions on coverage under group health plans be timely disclosed to group health plan sponsors and timely communicated to participants and beneficiaries under such plans in a form that is easily understandable.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Health Insurance Source of Injury Clarification Act of 2008
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 25, 2008Received in Senate
- Sep 23, 2008Engrossed in House
- Sep 23, 2008Reported in House
- Sep 16, 2008Introduced in House
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