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S. 1516 115th Congress Senate

A bill to expand health care choices by allowing Americans to buy health care coverage across State lines.

Introduced: June 29, 2017 See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 115th Congress ended
It never became law before the 115th Congress (2017–2018) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Jun 29, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 29, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action June 29, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 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.

 Related & companion bills 6
  • S 2021 Health Care Choice Act of 2017
  • HR 277 American Health Care Reform Act of 2017
  • HR 1072 Obamacare Replacement Act
  • S 222 Obamacare Replacement Act
  • HR 3278 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage.
  • HR 314 Health Care Choice Act of 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1516: A bill to expand health care choices by allowing Americans to buy health care coverage across State lines.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1516/
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