Easy Enrollment in Health Care Act
Latest action · Oct 20, 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.
- IntroducedOct 19, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Easy Enrollment in Health Care Act
This bill revises the procedures related to enrollment in health insurance affordability programs, including Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and state-operated Basic Health Programs. The bill provides funding to support the changes.
Specifically, the bill permits individuals who do not have minimum essential coverage to, in conjunction with filing their tax return, determine whether any members of their household are eligible for an insurance affordability program and enroll in minimum essential coverage.
The bill makes individuals eligible for Medicaid or CHIP based on a prior finding of eligibility for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. It also revises the continuous coverage standards under Medicaid and CHIP.
Additionally, the bill provides access to certain information to support enrollment in insurance affordability programs.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
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 Oct 19, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Oct 20, 2021 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Oct 19, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Oct 19, 2021 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Oct 19, 2021Introduced in House
- Oct 19, 2021Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
- Oct 19, 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. 183, October 19, 2021, page H5673.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1113 | Easy Enrollment in Health Care Act | Reintroduced Bill | Dec 17, 2024 |
| S 3001 | Easy Enrollment in Health Care Act | Identical bill | Oct 19, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To streamline enrollment in health insurance affordability programs and minimum essential coverage, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Easy Enrollment in Health Care Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
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- Appropriations
- Computer security and identity theft
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of the Treasury
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Intergovernmental relations
- Medicaid
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- State and local government operations
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 19, 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.
