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H.R. 5575 116th Congress House

Primary and Behavioral Health Care Access Act of 2020

Official title: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require gr… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide for 3 primary care visits and 3 behavioral health care visits without application of any cost-sharing requirement.

Introduced: January 10, 2020 Introduced by: Lauren Underwood Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
Health Employee benefits and pensionsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth promotion and preventive care
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Jan 10, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Ways and Means, 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.
Jan 10, 2020
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 Latest action January 10, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Ways and Means, 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.

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Primary and Behavioral Health Care Access Act of 2020

This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover, without cost sharing, three primary care visits and three behavioral health care visits during a plan year.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 4761 Primary and Behavioral Health Care Access Act of 2020
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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 19
All 19 Democratic 10
D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Jan 24, 2020
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Trahan, Lori
Massachusetts · Jan 24, 2020
Trone, David
· Jan 24, 2020
Kennedy, Joseph
· Jan 14, 2020
Porter, Katie
· Jan 14, 2020
Brown, Anthony
· Jan 13, 2020
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Jan 13, 2020
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jan 13, 2020
Demings, Val
· Jan 13, 2020
Fudge, Marcia
· Jan 13, 2020
JOHNSON, EDDIE
· Jan 13, 2020
 D
Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · Jan 13, 2020
Lee, Barbara
· Jan 13, 2020
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Jan 13, 2020
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 13, 2020
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Jan 13, 2020
RUSH, BOBBY
· Jan 13, 2020
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Jan 13, 2020
 D
Schrier, Kim
Washington · Jan 10, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5575: Primary and Behavioral Health Care Access Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5575/
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