S 2132 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Family Coverage Act

Introduced Nov 15, 2017 Originated Senate Sponsor Al Franken D-MN

Fact sheet

Latest action · Nov 15, 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.

  1. IntroducedNov 15, 2017
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Family Coverage Act

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the requirements for determining the affordability of employer-sponsored minimum essential health coverage that is required under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).

(Under current law, the coverage is unaffordable, and an employee may be eligible for premium assistance tax credits, if the employee's required contribution for an individual plan exceeds 9.5% of household income, adjusted for inflation after 2014.) The bill specifies that, with respect to an employee's family members who are eligible to enroll in the plan, affordability must be determined using the cost of family coverage rather than individual coverage to expand the eligibility of families for premium assistance tax credits.

This bill also expresses the sense of Congress that the Departments of Health and Human Service and the Treasury have the administrative authority, within their respective jurisdictions, to apply the affordability provision of PPACA so as to expand access to affordable health insurance coverage for working families without further legislation.

Cosponsors 20

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 15, 2017 to Nov 27, 2017, with 19 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalNov 15, 2017
I-MEAngus S. King Jr.OriginalNov 15, 2017
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalNov 15, 2017
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsOriginalNov 15, 2017
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalNov 15, 2017
D-MIDebbie StabenowOriginalNov 15, 2017
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalNov 15, 2017
D-NDHeidi HeitkampOriginalNov 15, 2017
D-NHJeanne ShaheenOriginalNov 15, 2017
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalNov 15, 2017
D-NMMartin HeinrichOriginalNov 15, 2017
D-COMichael F. BennetOriginalNov 15, 2017
D-VTPatrick J. LeahyOriginalNov 15, 2017
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalNov 15, 2017
D-PARobert P. Casey Jr.OriginalNov 15, 2017
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 15, 2017Introduced in Senate
  2. Nov 15, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2582Consumer Health Insurance Protection Act of 2018Related billMar 21, 2018

Subjects

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  1. Nov 15, 2017Introduced in Senate

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