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Maintaining Protections for Patients with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2018

Introduced: September 26, 2018 See on congress.gov
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Oct 3, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 26, 2018
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.
Sep 26, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ensuring Coverage for Patients with Pre-Existing Conditions Act

This bill establishes provisions under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 relating to the guaranteed availability of health insurance coverage as well as prohibitions against discriminatory practices based on preexisting conditions or health status; the bill also prohibits related exclusions or limitations of benefits and establishes certain enforcement mechanisms.

What's happening now October 3, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Republican 7
ROHRABACHER, DANA
· Oct 9, 2018
 R
Newhouse, Dan
Washington · Sep 28, 2018
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Sep 27, 2018
 R
Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Sep 27, 2018
Blum, Rod
· Sep 26, 2018
 R
Curtis, John R.
Utah · Sep 26, 2018
Denham, Jeff
· Sep 26, 2018
Herrera Beutler, Jaime
· Sep 26, 2018
 R
Huizenga, Bill
Michigan · Sep 26, 2018
Poliquin, Bruce
· Sep 26, 2018
Renacci, James
· Sep 26, 2018
 R
Valadao, David G.
California · Sep 26, 2018
 R
Wagner, Ann
Missouri · Sep 26, 2018
Walters, Mimi
· Sep 26, 2018
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6898: Maintaining Protections for Patients with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6898/
MLA
"H.R. 6898: Maintaining Protections for Patients with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6898/.
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H.R. 6898, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6898/.
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