Commonsense Competition and Access to Health Insurance Act
Latest action · Mar 27, 2014 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 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.
- IntroducedMar 27, 2014
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Commonsense Competition and Access to Health Insurance Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to permit two or more states to enter into an agreement under which one or more qualified health plans could be offered in small group markets, as well as in the individual markets (as under current law), in all such states.
Directs the Secretary, by December 31, 2014, to request the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) to report on health plans provided for under PPACA.
Allows the Secretary also to request NAIC to gather concepts for inclusion in the report from organizations and entities that have experience in offering qualified health plans in states in which those plans were not originally issued.
Requires the Secretary, by December 31, 2014, to report to Congress about: (1) how the Secretary may utilize the flexibility provided under PPACA (relating to allowing a regional or interstate exchange) to allow health insurance issuers offering qualified health plans in an Exchange operated by the federal government to offer plans in a state other than the state in which that plan was originally written or issued; and (2) how such an Exchange can be a conduit to forming interstate insurance state compacts.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 27, 2014 to Sep 16, 2014, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Al Franken | Original | Mar 27, 2014 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Mar 27, 2014 |
| D-ND | Heidi Heitkamp | Original | Mar 27, 2014 |
| I-WV | Joe Manchin III | Original | Mar 27, 2014 |
| D-AK | Mark Begich | Original | Mar 27, 2014 |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Original | Mar 27, 2014 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Sep 16, 2014 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 27, 2014Introduced in Senate
- Mar 27, 2014Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Comprehensive health care
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Government information and archives
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Insurance industry and regulation
- Intergovernmental relations
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 27, 2014Introduced in Senate
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