Chronic Condition Copay Elimination Act
Latest action · Jul 7, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- IntroducedJul 6, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Chronic Condition Copay Elimination Act
This bill requires health insurers to cover, without cost sharing, preventive items and services for certain chronic conditions, such as heart disease, diabetes, and asthma.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 6, 2021 to Dec 5, 2022; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Jul 6, 2021 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | Jul 6, 2021 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Jul 6, 2021 |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | May 24, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Dec 5, 2022 |
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 Jul 6, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jul 7, 2021 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jul 6, 2021 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jul 6, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jul 6, 2021 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 7, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 6, 2021Introduced in House
- Jul 6, 2021Referred 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.
- Jul 6, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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. 167, no. 118, July 6, 2021, page H3611.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4457 | Chronic Condition Copay Elimination Act | Reintroduction of | Sep 25, 2019 |
| HR 9132 | Chronic Condition Copay Elimination Act | Reintroduced Bill | Dec 17, 2024 |
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 coverage for additional preventive care for individuals with chronic conditions without the imposition of cost sharing requirement, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Chronic Condition Copay Elimination Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 6, 2021Introduced 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.
