Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act
Latest action · Mar 30, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and the Public Health Service Act to prohibit a group health plan from imposing an aggregate lifetime benefit limit of less than: (1) $5 million for the first two plan years; (2) $10 million for the third and fourth plan years; and (3) adjusted amounts based on the consumer price index for subsequent plan years. Excludes from such prohibition a group health plan offered to employees of a small employer, except upon request of the employer for a consistent limit.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to contract with the Institute of Medicine for a study to determine the number of individuals who have reached the lifetime limitations set forth in this Act.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2009 to Mar 2, 2010; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OH | Betty Sutton | Original | Feb 13, 2009 |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Original | Feb 13, 2009 |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Original | Feb 13, 2009 |
| D-PA | Jason Altmire | Original | Feb 13, 2009 |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Feb 26, 2009 | |
| R-TX | Ralph M. Hall | Feb 26, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Mar 3, 2009 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Mar 3, 2009 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Mar 3, 2009 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Mar 3, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Mar 3, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Tim Holden | Mar 3, 2009 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Mar 3, 2009 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Mar 4, 2009 | |
| R-FL | C. W. Bill Young | Mar 12, 2009 | |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Mar 12, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Mar 12, 2009 | |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | Mar 18, 2009 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Mar 23, 2009 | |
| R-NE | Lee Terry | May 20, 2009 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Jun 2, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Jun 4, 2009 | |
| D-ND | Earl Pomeroy | Feb 25, 2010 | |
| R-OH | Patrick J. Tiberi | Mar 2, 2010 |
Committees 2
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 Feb 13, 2009 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 23, 2009 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Feb 13, 2009 |
| Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee | Referred Mar 30, 2009 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 30, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
- Feb 23, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 13, 2009Introduced in House
- Feb 13, 2009Referred to House Energy and Commerce
- Feb 13, 2009Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
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.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 111-15 | WAYS TO REDUCE THE COST OF HEALTH INSURANCE FOR EMPLOYERS, EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES111 pages | Education and Workforce Committee | Apr 23, 2009 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 442 | Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act | Related bill | Feb 13, 2009 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To impose a limitation on lifetime aggregate limits imposed by health plans.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2009Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
