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To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage.

Introduced: July 18, 2017 Introduced by: Biggs, Andy Republican · Arizona See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 18, 2017
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to provide that the laws of a state designated by a health insurer (primary state) apply to individual health insurance coverage offered by that insurer in any state (secondary state) if the coverage, states, and insurer comply with the conditions of this bill. Insurers are exempted from any secondary state's laws that would prohibit or regulate the operation of the insurer in that state. The primary state is given sole jurisdiction to enforce its covered laws in any secondary state.

The Government Accountability Office must study the effect of this bill on specified health insurance issues.

What's happening now July 18, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3278: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3278/
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