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HR 1915 112th Congress House

State Compact Health Choice Act of 2011

Official title: To amend subtitle D of title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to clarify Congressional consent to and expand flexibility for interstate health choice compacts.

Introduced: May 13, 2011 Introduced by: Griffith, H. Morgan Republican · Virginia See on congress.gov
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May 31, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 23, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 13, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
May 13, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 31, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

State Compact Health Choice Act of 2011 - Eliminates the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to regulate health care choice compacts, which are agreements between two or more states to allow health plans that comply with one state's laws to be offered in the individual market in all such states. Gives Congress's consent to such compacts. Removes the requirement that a health plan under such a compact be a qualified health plan.

Authorizes Congress to revoke consent for such compacts by passing a joint resolution.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt an individual covered under a plan subject to such a compact from the requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1915: State Compact Health Choice Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1915/
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