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Preexisting Condition Exclusion Patient Protection Act of 2007

Introduced: June 22, 2007 Introduced by: Courtney, Joe Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 20, 2008
Committee Hearings Held.
Sep 11, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Jul 16, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 22, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 22, 2007
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.
Jun 22, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Preexisting Condition Exclusion Patient Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to allow a group health plan to impose a preexisting condition exclusion only if: (1) such exclusion relates to a condition for which medical advice, diagnosis, care, or treatment was recommended or received within the 30-day period ending on the enrollment date; and (2) such exclusion extends not more than three months, or nine months for a late enrollee, after the enrollment date.

Applies such requirement to coverage offered in the individual market. Allows an issuer of individual health insurance coverage to impose a preexisting condition exclusion for a period of not more than three months under certain circumstances.

Revises provisions that prohibit health insurance issuers that offer health insurance coverage in the individual market from declining to offer coverage or imposing any preexisting condition exclusion on coverage to an eligible individual to remove eligibility requirements that require an individual to have: (1) elected COBRA continuation coverage, if it was offered; and (2) exhausted such continuation coverage, if elected.

What's happening now March 20, 2008

Committee Hearings Held.

 Related & companion bills 1
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 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 9
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jul 8, 2008
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Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Dec 4, 2007
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Sep 17, 2007
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Sep 10, 2007
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Sep 6, 2007
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Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Sep 6, 2007
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Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Aug 3, 2007
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Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Jul 31, 2007
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jul 26, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2833: Preexisting Condition Exclusion Patient Protection Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2833/
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"H.R. 2833: Preexisting Condition Exclusion Patient Protection Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2833/.
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