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HR 3822 111th Congress House Health Employee benefits and pensions Federal preemption Health care costs and insurance State and local government operations

To permit employers to provide contributions and assistance to certain employees who purchase individual health insurance.

Introduced: October 15, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 16, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Oct 16, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 15, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Oct 15, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Oct 15, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Oct 15, 2009
Referred to House Education and Labor
Oct 15, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Permits an employer that does not offer health benefits coverage to its employees as of this Act's enactment to provide tax-free defined contributions and administrative assistance to such employees who choose to purchase health insurance coverage in the individual market.

Bars any state from prohibiting: (1) an employer from taking any such actions; or (2) the sale of health insurance coverage to employees where an employer's involvement is limited to withholding premiums from employee paychecks and sending the premium payments to the health insurance issuer on the employees' behalf.

Makes federal rules relating to list billing (the sale of individual health plans to an employer's employees) inapplicable to actions described in this Act.

What's happening now November 16, 2009

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

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Nov 5, 2009
 R
Smith, Adrian
Nebraska · Nov 2, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3822: To permit employers to provide contributions and assistance to certain employees who purchase individual health insurance.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3822/
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"H.R. 3822: To permit employers to provide contributions and assistance to certain employees who purchase individual health insurance.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3822/.
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