US Congress Senate Bill 1125 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 30-0)
Status: Introduced on April 10 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-04-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Adds, among other provisions, requirements to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 for private health insurance plans with respect to preexisting conditions, guaranteed enrollment, and discrimination based on health-related factors.Specifically, the bill prohibits private health insurance plans from (1) limiting or excluding benefits covering preexisting conditions; (2) denying enrollment to employers or individual applicants, subject to specified limits; (3) establishing rules for eligibility based on an individual's health status; or (4) requiring an individual to a pay higher premium than similarly situated individuals enrolled in the plan based the individual's health status.Additionally, the bill prohibits plans from collecting genetic information in connection with issuing health insurance and provides requirements for workplace wellness programs connected to health insurance.

Protect Act

Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]	Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN]	Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]
Sen. Rob Portman [R-OH]	Sen. David Perdue [R-GA]	Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]
Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]
Sen. John Kennedy [R-LA]	Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]	Sen. Rick Scott [R-FL]	Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]
Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]	Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]	Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]	Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]
Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]	Sen. John Thune [R-SD]	Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]
Sen. Deb Fischer [R-NE]	Sen. Josh Hawley [R-MO]	Sen. Dan Sullivan [R-AK]	Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]
Sen. Mike Braun [R-IN]	Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith [R-MS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-10	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB4159 (Related) 2019-08-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HB692 (Related) 2019-01-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
SB4675 (Related) 2020-10-23 - Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate.
SB4796 (Related) 2020-10-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB8527 (Related) 2020-10-02 - Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, the Judiciary, Oversight and Reform, House Administration, Rules, the Budget, and Armed Services, 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1125/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1125/BILLS-116s1125is.pdf