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HR 3472 111th Congress House Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Cardiovascular and respiratory health Department of Health and Human Services Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Health care costs and insurance Health information and medical records Health promotion and preventive care Medical tests and diagnostic methods Nutrition and diet

To provide for health insurance coverage premium discounts for healthy behavior and improvements toward healthy behavior.

Introduced: July 31, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 22, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 8, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 31, 2009
Referred to House Education and Labor
Jul 31, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Jul 31, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.
Jul 31, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Jul 31, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9210)
Jul 31, 2009
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Requires a group health plan, and a health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage in the group market or health insurance coverage in the individual market, for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2010, to provide premium discounts for healthy behavior and improvements toward healthy behavior.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to conclude a rulemaking procedure to determine the appropriate premium discount applicable to each healthy behavior and each improvement toward healthy behavior.

Describes "healthy behavior" (and improvements toward such behavior) as indicated by factors related to smoking, blood pressure, body mass index, lipoprotein levels, and hemoglobin A1c levels.

Requires any healthy behavior or improvement toward healthy behavior to be supported by medical test result information which is certified by a licensed physician, and the individual to whom it relates, as being complete, accurate, and current. Imposes civil penalties for false certifications.

What's happening now October 22, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4