US Congress Senate Bill 1481 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-1)
Status: Introduced on May 15 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expands health insurance coverage availability for pregnant individuals. It requires health insurers, health insurance exchanges, and group health plans to offer a special enrollment period to pregnant individuals. The special enrollment period offered by an insurer or exchange must begin when the pregnancy is reported to the insurer or exchange. The special enrollment period offered by a group health plan must begin when the pregnancy is reported to the plan or is confirmed by a health care provider. The bill also makes pregnancy a qualifying life event for the purpose of enrolling in a federal employee health benefit plan. Additionally, a group health plan or health insurer that covers dependents must provide coverage for maternity care to all covered individuals. Any individual who is eligible for Medicaid and is, or becomes, pregnant maintains such eligibility for one year after the end of the pregnancy. The bill revises the range in which a state must establish a maximum level of family income for pregnant women and infants to be eligible for Medicaid. The upper limit of the range is eliminated and the lower limit is set to the level in place on January 1, 2014.

Healthy MOM Act Healthy Maternity and Obstetric Medicine Act

Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]
Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Angus King [I-ME]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Doug Jones [D-AL]
Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]
Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-15	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB2778 (Same As) 2019-05-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1481/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1481/BILLS-116s1481is.pdf