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Introduced
03/02/2017
03/02/2017
In Committee
03/08/2017
03/08/2017
Crossed Over
04/06/2017
04/06/2017
Passed
Dead
12/31/2018
12/31/2018
Introduced Session
115th Congress
Bill Summary
Self-Insurance Protection Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the definition of "health insurance coverage" a stop-loss policy obtained by a self-insured health plan or a sponsor of a self-insured group health plan to reimburse the plan or sponsor for losses incurred in providing health benefits to plan participants in excess of a level set forth in the stop-loss policy.
AI Summary
This bill, titled the Self-Insurance Protection Act, amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the definition of "health insurance coverage" a stop-loss policy obtained by a self-insured health plan or a sponsor of a self-insured group health plan. This stop-loss policy is used to reimburse the plan or sponsor for losses incurred in providing health benefits to plan participants that exceed a predetermined level set forth in the stop-loss policy.
Committee Categories
Business and Industry, Health and Social Services
Sponsors (8)
David Roe (R)*,
Jodey Arrington (R),
Bill Flores (R),
Luke Messer (R),
Paul Mitchell (I),
Pete Sessions (R),
Elise Stefanik (R),
Tim Walberg (R),
Last Action
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (on 04/06/2017)
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