HR 628
115th Congress
House
Health
Disability and health-based discrimination
Employee benefits and pensions
Genetics
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Insurance industry and regulation
Guaranteed Health Coverage for Pre-Existing Conditions Act of 2017
Introduced: January 24, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Became law
Jan 24, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jan 24, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Guaranteed Health Coverage for Pre-Existing Conditions Act of 2017
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to maintain, upon repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, the requirements that: (1) health insurance includes coverage for preexisting conditions, and (2) health insurers accept every employer and every individual in a group that applies for coverage in the group market and every individual that applies for coverage in the individual market.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Committees of jurisdiction
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