No Surprise Bills for New Moms Act
Latest action · Dec 17, 2024 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.
- IntroducedMay 16, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
No Surprise Bills for New Moms Act
This bill requires health insurers to provide coverage for newborns of enrollees for the first 30-day period after the newborn's date of birth and to provide a special enrollment period for the newborn that extends at least 60 days after the initial coverage period. It also requires insurers to notify an enrollee if they receive a claim for the enrollee's newborn who is not enrolled in a health insurance plan.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 16, 2023 to Oct 29, 2024; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Ashley Hinson | Original | May 16, 2023 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | May 16, 2023 |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Original | May 16, 2023 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | May 16, 2023 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | May 16, 2023 |
| R-OK | Stephanie I. Bice | May 17, 2023 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | May 18, 2023 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 15, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Mar 15, 2024 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Mar 15, 2024 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Mar 15, 2024 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Mar 19, 2024 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Mar 19, 2024 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Mar 19, 2024 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Apr 11, 2024 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jun 18, 2024 | |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Jul 24, 2024 | |
| D-IN | Frank J. Mrvan | Sep 9, 2024 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Oct 1, 2024 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Oct 1, 2024 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Oct 4, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Oct 29, 2024 |
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 May 16, 2023 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 19, 2023 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred May 16, 2023 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 16, 2023 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Dec 17, 2024 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 19, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 16, 2023Introduced in House
- May 16, 2023Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, 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. 169, no. 82, May 16, 2023, page H2378.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2054 | No Surprise Bills for New Moms Act | Reintroduction of | Mar 19, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for certain health coverage of newborns.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- No Surprise Bills for New Moms Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 16, 2023Introduced 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.
