To permit employers to provide contributions and assistance to certain employees who purchase individual health insurance.
Latest action · Nov 16, 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.
- IntroducedOct 15, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Permits an employer that does not offer health benefits coverage to its employees as of this Act's enactment to provide tax-free defined contributions and administrative assistance to such employees who choose to purchase health insurance coverage in the individual market.
Bars any state from prohibiting: (1) an employer from taking any such actions; or (2) the sale of health insurance coverage to employees where an employer's involvement is limited to withholding premiums from employee paychecks and sending the premium payments to the health insurance issuer on the employees' behalf.
Makes federal rules relating to list billing (the sale of individual health plans to an employer's employees) inapplicable to actions described in this Act.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 15, 2009 to Jan 26, 2010; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Joe Barton | Original | Oct 15, 2009 |
| R-PA | Joseph R. Pitts | Original | Oct 15, 2009 |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Original | Oct 15, 2009 |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Original | Oct 15, 2009 |
| R-IN | Steve Buyer | Original | Oct 15, 2009 |
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Nov 2, 2009 | |
| R-VA | Bob Goodlatte | Nov 3, 2009 | |
| R-CA | Mary Bono | Nov 5, 2009 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Nov 5, 2009 | |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| R-TX | Randy Neugebauer | Jan 26, 2010 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Oct 15, 2009 |
| Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee | Referred Nov 16, 2009 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Oct 15, 2009 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Oct 16, 2009 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Oct 15, 2009 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 16, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
- Oct 16, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Oct 15, 2009Introduced in House
- Oct 15, 2009Referred to House Education and Labor
- Oct 15, 2009Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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.
- Oct 15, 2009Referred to House Energy and Commerce
- Oct 15, 2009Referred to House Ways and Means
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To permit employers to provide contributions and assistance to certain employees who purchase individual health insurance.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 15, 2009Introduced in House
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