US HR1884

Bill

US HR1884

Protecting Pre-Existing Conditions and Making Health Care More Affordable Act of 2019

Introduced
03/26/2019

In Committee
03/27/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

Revises various requirements for private health insurance plans and associated plan-holder cost sharing. Specifically, the bill increases premium assistance for low-income households and specifies that the coverage affordability requirements for employer-sponsored plans extend to family members of employees based on the employee's required contribution as a percentage of the employee's income. Further, the bill prohibits specified agency actions that would weaken the requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) with respect to (1) association health plans; (2) short-term, limited-duration health insurance plans; and (3) state applications to waive certain PPACA provisions. The bill also increases the minimum coverage requirements for private health insurance plans and requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to promote the availability of such plans. The health coverage navigator program also is revised to prioritize community and consumer-focused nonprofits and facilitate enrollment in federally supported insurance programs such as Medicaid. The bill establishes a fund for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to provide cost assistance to individuals who are enrolled in qualified health plans.Additionally, the bill provides new and additional grant funding for states to (1) plan and establish health insurance exchanges, (2) provide consumer assistance about available health insurance plans and coverage, and (3) increase health insurance plan enrollment. HHS also must report on the annual expenditure of user fees collected through federally facilitated exchanges.

AI Summary

This bill, the Protecting Pre-Existing Conditions and Making Health Care More Affordable Act of 2019, aims to revise various requirements for private health insurance plans and associated plan-holder cost sharing. Specifically, it increases premium assistance for low-income households, extends affordability requirements for employer-sponsored plans to cover family members, prohibits agency actions that would weaken the Affordable Care Act's requirements, increases minimum coverage requirements for private plans, establishes a fund to provide cost assistance to individuals enrolled in qualified health plans, and provides new grant funding for states to support health insurance exchanges and consumer assistance. The bill also strengthens requirements for the federal health insurance exchange's navigator program and outreach and educational activities, and promotes transparency in the administration's expenditures of exchange user fees.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry, Health and Social Services

Sponsors (163)

Frank Pallone (D)*, Alma Adams (D), Pete Aguilar (D), Colin Allred (D), Nanette Barragán (D), Ami Bera (D), Earl Blumenauer (D), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D), Suzanne Bonamici (D), Brendan Boyle (D), Anthony Brown (D), Julia Brownley (D), Cheri Bustos (D), Salud Carbajal (D), Tony Cárdenas (D), Matt Cartwright (D), Ed Case (D), Sean Casten (D), Kathy Castor (D), Judy Chu (D), David Cicilline (D), Gil Cisneros (D), Katherine Clark (D), Steve Cohen (D), Gerry Connolly (D), Joe Courtney (D), TJ Cox (D), Angie Craig (D), Jason Crow (D), Henry Cuellar (D), Elijah Cummings (D), Sharice Davids (D), Danny Davis (D), Susan Davis (D), Madeleine Dean (D), Peter DeFazio (D), Diana DeGette (D), Rosa DeLauro (D), Suzan DelBene (D), Antonio Delgado (D), Val Demings (D), Mark DeSaulnier (D), Theodore Deutch (D), Debbie Dingell (D), Lloyd Doggett (D), Michael Doyle (D), Eliot Engel (D), Veronica Escobar (D), Anna Eshoo (D), Adriano Espaillat (D), Abby Finkenauer (D), Lois Frankel (D), Ruben Gallego (D), John Garamendi (D), Sylvia Garcia (D), Chuy García (D), Jared Golden (D), Jimmy Gomez (D), Raúl Grijalva (D), Alcee Hastings (D), Jahana Hayes (D), Denny Heck (D), Brian Higgins (D), Katie Hill (D), Jim Himes (D), Steven Horsford (D), Chrissy Houlahan (D), Steny Hoyer (D), Sheila Jackson-Lee (D), Pramila Jayapal (D), Hakeem Jeffries (D), Eddie Johnson (D), Hank Johnson (D), Bill Keating (D), Joseph Kennedy (D), Ro Khanna (D), Dan Kildee (D), Derek Kilmer (D), Andy Kim (D), Ron Kind (D), Ann Kirkpatrick (D), Ann Kuster (D), James Langevin (D), Rick Larsen (D), John Larson (D), Barbara Lee (D), Susie Lee (D), Andy Levin (D), Mike Levin (D), John Lewis (D), Ted Lieu (D), Zoe Lofgren (D), Alan Lowenthal (D), Ben Ray Luján (D), Elaine Luria (D), Tom Malinowski (D), Carolyn Maloney (D), Doris Matsui (D), Lucy McBath (D), Betty McCollum (D), Donald McEachin (D), Jim McGovern (D), Joe Morelle (D), Seth Moulton (D), Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D), Stephanie Murphy (D), Grace Napolitano (D), Richard Neal (D), Joe Neguse (D), Donald Norcross (D), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), Ilhan Omar (D), Jimmy Panetta (D), Chris Pappas (D), Bill Pascrell (D), Donald Payne (D), Scott Peters (D), Dean Phillips (D), Chellie Pingree (D), Mark Pocan (D), Katie Porter (D), Ayanna Pressley (D), David Price (D), Mike Quigley (D), Jamie Raskin (D), Kathleen Rice (D), Max Rose (D), Harley Rouda (D), Raul Ruiz (D), Dutch Ruppersberger (D), Bobby Rush (D), Kilili Sablan (D), Linda Sánchez (D), John Sarbanes (D), Mary Gay Scanlon (D), Jan Schakowsky (D), Brad Schneider (D), Kurt Schrader (D), Kim Schrier (D), Bobby Scott (D), Terri Sewell (D), Donna Shalala (D), Albio Sires (D), Elissa Slotkin (D), Adam Smith (D), Darren Soto (D), Abigail Spanberger (D), Jackie Speier (D), Haley Stevens (D), Tom Suozzi (D), Mark Takano (D), Mike Thompson (D), Paul Tonko (D), Lori Trahan (D), David Trone (D), Lauren Underwood (D), Jeff Van Drew (R), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D), Maxine Waters (D), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D), Jennifer Wexton (D), Frederica Wilson (D), John Yarmuth (D),

Last Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (on 03/27/2019)

Official Document

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1884/all-info

(15 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1884/all-info
BillText	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1884/BILLS-116hr1884ih.pdf
Bill	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1884/BILLS-116hr1884ih.pdf.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
HR1010	To provide that the rule entitled "Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance" shall have no force or effect.	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 29.	Related
HR1385	SAVE Act State Allowance for a Variety of Exchanges Act	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 27.	Related
HR1386	ENROLL Act of 2019 Expand Navigators’ Resources for Outreach, Learning, and Longevity Act of 2019	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 28.	Related
HR1425	Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 523.	Related
HR1868	Health Care Affordability Act of 2019	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	Related
HR1870	Family Health Care Affordability Act of 2019	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	Related
HR986	Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2019	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 90.	Related
HR987	Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.	Related
HRes1017	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 51) to provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union; providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 1425) to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for a Improve Health Insurance Affordability Fund to provide for certain reinsurance payments to lower premiums in the individual health insurance market; providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 5332) to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to ensu	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.	Similar To
HRes357	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 986) to provide that certain guidance related to waivers for State innovation under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act shall have no force or effect, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 2157) making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes.	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.	Similar To
HRes377	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 5) to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 312) to reaffirm the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe reservation, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 987) to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for Federal Exchange outreach and educational activities.	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.	Similar To
S1556	No Junk Plans Act	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.	Related
S1905	ENROLL Act of 2019 Expand Navigators’ Resources for Outreach, Learning, and Longevity Act of 2019	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.	Similar To
S455	MORE Health Education Act Marketing and Outreach Restoration to Empower Health Education Act of 2019	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.	Related
S466	Protecting Americans with Pre-existing Conditions Act of 2019	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Related

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