HR 1807
105th Congress
House
Health
Commerce
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Health insurance industry
Labor and Employment
Small business
Standards
To impose a limitation on lifetime aggregate limits imposed by health plans.
Introduced: June 5, 1997
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Everywhere this bill has been
7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 20, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Jun 18, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Jun 5, 1997
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Jun 5, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1139-1140)
Jun 5, 1997
Introduced in House
Jun 5, 1997
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
Jun 5, 1997
Referred to House Commerce
Plain-English summary
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to prohibit a group health plan (and a health insurer providing coverage under a group plan) from imposing an aggregate dollar lifetime limit less than specified amounts. Exempts plans offered to or maintained for employees of employers with fewer than 20 employees.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.