US Congress House Bill 4299 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on December 18 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-12-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Patient Opportunity Protection Act of 2015 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from imposing additional conditions on excepted benefits, which are health benefits that are not subject to requirements applicable to group health plans or individual health insurance. In the individual health insurance market, HHS may not condition the treatment of fixed indemnity insurance as an excepted benefit on the beneficiary satisfying the requirement for minimum essential coverage. The amendments made by this bill are retroactively effective as if included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Patient Opportunity Protection Act of 2015

Rep. Rod Blum [R-IA]

Rep. Steve King [R-IA]

Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-12-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-12-18	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2015-12-18	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4299/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4299/BILLS-114hr4299ih.pdf