Primary and Behavioral Health Care Access Act of 2020
Latest action · Jan 10, 2020 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, 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.
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.
- IntroducedJan 10, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Primary and Behavioral Health Care Access Act of 2020
This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover, without cost sharing, three primary care visits and three behavioral health care visits during a plan year.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 10, 2020 to Aug 7, 2020; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Original | Jan 10, 2020 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Jan 13, 2020 | |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Jan 13, 2020 | |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Jan 13, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jan 13, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Jan 13, 2020 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Jan 13, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jan 13, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Jan 13, 2020 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jan 13, 2020 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Jan 13, 2020 | |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Jan 13, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Jan 13, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Jan 13, 2020 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Jan 14, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Jan 14, 2020 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Jan 24, 2020 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Jan 24, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Jan 24, 2020 | |
| D-GU | Michael F. Q. San Nicolas | Aug 7, 2020 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jan 10, 2020 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jan 10, 2020 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jan 10, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 10, 2020Introduced in House
- Jan 10, 2020Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 6, January 10, 2020, page H180.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4761 | Primary and Behavioral Health Care Access Act of 2020 | Related bill | Sep 30, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide for 3 primary care visits and 3 behavioral health care visits without application of any cost-sharing requirement.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Primary and Behavioral Health Care Access Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 10, 2020Introduced in House
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.
