American Healthshare Plans Act of 2020
Latest action · May 5, 2020 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.
- IntroducedMay 5, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
American Healthshare Plans Act of 2020
This bill permits entities such as self-employed companies and membership organizations to form healthshare pools to offer large group health insurance plans as a single employer. (In general, large group health plans cover employees of an employer that has 51 or more employees; in some states, large groups are defined as 101 employees or more.) Subject to specified nondiscrimination rules related to preexisting conditions and health status, healthshare pools must offer plans to all members or employees of the pool on an equal basis.
Healthshare pools are not considered joint employers for the purpose of other federal labor or employment laws.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 5, 2020 to May 7, 2020; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NE | Ben Sasse | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| R-OK | James Lankford | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| R-IA | Joni Ernst | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| R-IN | Mike Braun | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| R-UT | Mitt Romney | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| R-GA | Kelly Loeffler | May 7, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred May 5, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 5, 2020Introduced in Senate
- May 5, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6712 | American Healthshare Plans Act of 2020 | Identical bill | May 5, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to allow health share pools to be deemed an employer under section 3(5) of such Act for purposes of offering a group health plan or group health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- American Healthshare Plans Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 5, 2020Introduced in Senate
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