Equalizing the Playing Field for Agents and Brokers Act
Latest action · Jun 23, 2015 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
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- IntroducedJun 23, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Equalizing the Playing Field for Agents and Brokers Act
Directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a toll-free customer service support help line to enable certified health insurance agents and brokers to seek assistance regarding qualified health plans offered in the federal health insurance marketplace.
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require HHS to:
- make available on the federal government website for health insurance coverage a list of all certified agents and brokers;
- contract with the National Insurance Producers Registry to regularly verify the licensure status of all such agents and brokers and develop a mechanism to enable submission of changes to contact and licensure information; and
- provide trained navigators, agents, and brokers, no later than five business days after promulgation or issuance of any new cost- or enrollment-related policies, with a clear description of such policy changes.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 23, 2015Introduced in Senate
- Jun 23, 2015Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
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- Jun 23, 2015Introduced in Senate
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