Keeping Health Insurance Affordable Act of 2017
Latest action · Jun 29, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
- IntroducedJun 29, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Keeping Health Insurance Affordable Act of 2017
This bill alters and establishes several programs relating to health insurance and prescription drugs. Among other changes, the bill
- establishes and funds the Individual Market Reinsurance Fund to provide an individual market stabilization reinsurance program in each state;
- requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a public health insurance option through health insurance exchanges;
- expands eligibility for the health insurance premium tax credit;
- expands eligibility for additional cost-sharing reductions that apply to certain enrollees of qualified health plans;
- requires drug manufacturers, as a condition of participation in the Medicare prescription drug benefit, to issue rebates to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for drugs dispensed to certain low-income enrollees;
- requires the CMS to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies regarding prices for drugs covered under the Medicare prescription drug benefit; and
- provides an enhanced federal medical assistance percentage of 100% to states that deliver items and services through a collaborative care model or an evidence-based model that integrates behavioral health services into primary care treatment.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Jun 29, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 29, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Jun 29, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6210 | Benjamin L. Cardin D-MD | Sep 28, 2017 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3904 | Benjamin L. Cardin D-MD | Jul 11, 2017 |
Related bills 8
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 252 | Medicare Drug Savings Act of 2017 | Related bill | Feb 1, 2017 |
| HR 1307 | Public Option Deficit Reduction Act | Related bill | Mar 17, 2017 |
| S 1354 | Individual Health Insurance Marketplace Improvement Act | Related bill | Jun 14, 2017 |
| S 1462 | Marketplace Certainty Act | Related bill | Jun 28, 2017 |
| S 1688 | Empowering Medicare Seniors to Negotiate Drug Prices Act of 2017 | Related bill | Aug 1, 2017 |
| HR 3258 | Marketplace Certainty Act | Related bill | Jul 20, 2017 |
| HR 3311 | Individual Health Insurance Marketplace Improvement Act | Related bill | Jul 19, 2017 |
| HR 3620 | Affordable Coverage for More Americans Act of 2017 | Related bill | Jul 28, 2017 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to bring stability to the individual insurance market, make insurance coverage more affordable, lower prescription drug prices, and improve Medicaid.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Keeping Health Insurance Affordable Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Appropriations
- Business records
- Child health
- Comprehensive health care
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Income tax credits
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Prescription drugs
- Public contracts and procurement
- Retail and wholesale trades
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- State and local finance
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 29, 2017Introduced in Senate
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.
