HR 2778 116th Congress House Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Employee benefits and pensions Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Medicaid Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Women's health

Healthy MOM Act

Introduced: May 15, 2019 Introduced by: Watson Coleman, Bonnie Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov

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May 16, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

May 15, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Oversight and Reform, and Education and Labor, 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 15, 2019

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Healthy Maternity and Obstetric Medicine Act or the Healthy MOM Act

This bill expands health insurance coverage availability for pregnant individuals. It requires health insurers, health insurance exchanges, and group health plans to offer a special enrollment period to pregnant individuals. The special enrollment period offered by an insurer or exchange must begin when the pregnancy is reported to the insurer or exchange. The special enrollment period offered by a group health plan must begin when the pregnancy is reported to the plan or is confirmed by a health care provider. The bill also makes pregnancy a qualifying life event for the purpose of enrolling in a federal employee health benefit plan.

Additionally, a group health plan or health insurer that covers dependents must provide coverage for maternity care to all covered individuals.

Any individual who is eligible for Medicaid and is, or becomes, pregnant maintains such eligibility for one year after the end of the pregnancy. The bill revises the range in which a state must establish a maximum level of family income for pregnant women and infants to be eligible for Medicaid. The upper limit of the range is eliminated and the lower limit is set to the level in place on January 1, 2014.

What's happening now May 16, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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