Protecting Patients from Deceptive Health Plans Act
Latest action · Apr 15, 2022 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.
- IntroducedApr 14, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protecting Patients from Deceptive Health Plans Act
This bill prohibits the sale of health insurance coverage arrangements that are exempt from the federal health insurance requirements unless the individual purchasing the arrangement is enrolled in a plan that provides minimum essential coverage. Further, excepted benefits must be paid without regard to the severity of the illness, injury, diagnosis, or other characteristics related to treatment.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 14, 2022 to Apr 18, 2022, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Apr 14, 2022 |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Apr 18, 2022 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 15, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 14, 2022Introduced in House
- Apr 14, 2022Referred 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 14, 2022Introduced in House
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