HR 2342
115th Congress
House
Health
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medicare
Common SENSE Act of 2017
Introduced: May 3, 2017
Introduced by:
Schneider, Bradley Scott
Democratic
· Illinois
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 19, 2017
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4379)
May 5, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 3, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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.
May 3, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Common SENSE Act of 2017 or the Common Sense Employer Notification of Special Enrollment Act of 2017
This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Internal Revenue Code, and the Public Health Service Act to expand notification requirements for health plans regarding beneficiaries who would lose coverage if not for continuation coverage (e.g., due to job termination) to include providing notice of: (1) guaranteed availability of coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including special enrollment periods; and (2) special enrollment periods for Medicare.
What's happening now
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4379)
Committees of jurisdiction
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