US HB6904 | 2021-2022 | 117th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on March 2 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-03-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on March 2 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-03-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit a group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage from reducing contracted rates, or terminating contracts, with health care providers during a public health emergency.
Title
Patients Before Profits Act of 2022
Sponsors
| Rep. Katie Porter [D-CA] | Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI] | Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-03 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2022-03-02 | House | Referred 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. |
| 2022-03-02 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6904/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr6904/BILLS-117hr6904ih.pdf |
